Mothers' Anticipation and Prevention of Unintentional Injury to Young Children in the Home |
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Authors: | Garling Anita; Garling Tommy |
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Institution: | Göteborg University Sweden
1All correspondence should be sent to Anita Gärling or Tommy Gärling, Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Haraldsgatan 1, S-41314 Göteborg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Investigated anticipation and prevention of children's unintentionalinjuries in the home. 150 mothers of 1-, 2-, and 3-year-oldchildren kept weekly diaries of anticipated injuries and unanticipatedinjuries/near injuries to their child. Mothers anticipated between57 and 67% of all injury events, a majority when the child wasin the same room as the injury-causing agent prior to interactingwith it. Few anticipated injuries led to injury. In these casesno significant differences were found depending on child's ageand sex. In contrast, mothers of younger children most frequentlyreported preventing injury by physically restricting or movingthe child away and by changing the environment, whereas mothersof older children more frequently engaged in teaching. |
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Keywords: | childhood injury injury prevention maternal supervision perceived risk diaries |
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