Which intervention would qualify as primary prevention of violent behaviors in children and adolescents?
a. Forbidding the child to continue friendships with violent peers
b. Limiting exposure to violence on TV, video, and computer games
c. Seeking counseling for a child who has been experimenting with drugs
d. Showing a unified approach to parenting when dealing with a violent child
ANS: B
Studies suggest that an obsession with violence in video games, movies, music, and writings increases aggressiveness in children and adolescents. The other options are relevant only after the risk for violence has been established.
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