Factors Influencing Young Children's Risk of Unintentional Injury: Parenting Style and Strategies for Teaching about Home Safety

Autor/inn/en	Morrongiello, Barbara A.; Corbett, Michael; Lasenby, Jennifer; Johnston, Natalie; McCourt, Meghan
Titel	Factors Influencing Young Children's Risk of Unintentional Injury: Parenting Style and Strategies for Teaching about Home Safety
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27 (2006) 6, S.560-570 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2006.08.004
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Risk; Parenting Styles; Mothers; Safety Education; Interviews; Behavior Modification; Parent Child Relationship; Risk Management; Injuries; Family Environment; Accident Prevention; Toddlers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Risiko; Mother; Mutter; Sicherheitserziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Risikomanagement; Familienmilieu; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind
Abstract	This study examined mothers' teaching about home-safety issues to 24-30 month and 36-42 month old children, explored the relationship of teaching strategies to parenting styles, and assessed how these factors are related to children's risk of unintentional injury. A structured interview assessed home-safety issues relevant to falls, burns, cuts, poisoning, and suffocation/strangulation/choking. Mothers identified safety issues relevant to "her" child, and indicated the type and extent to which she utilized teaching as a strategy to address each safety issue. Standardized questionnaires provided information about parenting style and children's history of injuries. Results revealed that mothers' endorsements of home-safety issues did not vary with child age, mothers used teaching to manage safety issues for all types of injuries, and type of teaching strategy (explanations, rules, behavior modification) varied with parenting style. Greater use of explaining and less rule usage was linked to permissive parenting; these teaching strategies predicted children's medically-attended injury among highly-permissive mothers. Thus, teaching about safety is a common risk-management strategy mothers use to address hazards in the home. However, the specific type of teaching strategy used varies with parenting style, which has implications for children's risk of injury. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10