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II INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS 

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 Qafqaz University                         

          18-19 April 2014, Baku, Azerbaijan 

which may include a potent mix of sexual activity,violence,statements about body image,gender roles and racial identity.In 

order to understand an adolescent’s experience of such a program it is essential to integrate the research from all of these 

topics.  The findings indicate that viewing has a significant negative impact on adolescent’s cognitive, affective, behavioral 

and physiological health.There is a cumulative effect with increasing number of hours viewed resulting in increased 

symptoms of disorders,including depression,anxiety,eating disorders narcissistic personality disorder and other 

psychological and medical conditions.Guidelines for an assessment of adolescent’s viewing habits,based on research on the 

more harmful elements of viewing is presented along with a list of  interventions whose efficacy is supported by research 

data . There are gender differences in the amount of television that is watched with boys watching more television than girls 

and boys preferring sports and action adventure programs while girls prefer sitcoms,love story and soap operas.There is not 

a significant relationship between global self-esteem or physical self-image and the amount of television watched.There are 

no relationship between self-esteem and identification with television characters for girls and boys.Reasons for this and 

possible directions for future research are discussed.In addition we believe that successfully reducing the negative impact of 

viewing on adolescent requires that clinicians assist and empower caregivers to provide their adolescent with other 

activities.Consequently they might need assistance from clinicians in providing activities for their adolescent which fill the 

void left by television.Clinician can also refer families to helpful resources such as out-door activities and organizations in 

the voluntary simplicity movement.