Interactions Between Child Behavior Patterns and Parent Supervision: Implications for Children's Risk of Unintentional Injury
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children. Prior research has implicated both child behavioral attributes and parent supervisory patterns as risk factors. The present study assessed interactions between these two risk factors and determined whether supervision moderates the...
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Published in | Child development Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 627 - 638 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Malden, USA
Blackwell Publishing Inc
01.05.2008
Wiley-Blackwell Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Summary: | Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children. Prior research has implicated both child behavioral attributes and parent supervisory patterns as risk factors. The present study assessed interactions between these two risk factors and determined whether supervision moderates the relation between child attributes and injury. Mothers completed questionnaire measures of child attributes and supervisory patterns and also recorded how they supervised their young child (2—5 years) at home on each of 10 randomly selected days within a 3-week period. Results provide support for the moderating effect of supervision: Supervision interacted with some child attributes to elevate children's risk of medically attended injury and with other attributes to decrease injury risk. Implications for preventing childhood injuries are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:CDEV1147 ark:/67375/WNG-ZVDH1Q54-M istex:B1A691817018B8941AC93E263A5CB2661E47A78E This research was supported by grants to the first author from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The authors thank the children and their parents for participating in the study and Bev Walpole for assistance with data collection, coding, and entry. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01147.x |