Understanding Gender Differences in Children's Risk Taking and Injury: A Comparison of Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions to Sons and Daughters Misbehaving in Ways that Lead to Injury

Autor/inn/en	Morrongiello, Barbara A.; Zdzieborski, Daniel; Normand, Jackie
Titel	Understanding Gender Differences in Children's Risk Taking and Injury: A Comparison of Mothers' and Fathers' Reactions to Sons and Daughters Misbehaving in Ways that Lead to Injury
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31 (2010) 4, S.322-329 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
DOI	10.1016/j.appdev.2010.05.004
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Sons; Safety; Injuries; Parent Child Relationship; Gender Differences; Fathers; Emotional Response; Marital Satisfaction; Affective Behavior; Risk; Discipline; Psychological Patterns; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Son; Sohn; Sicherheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Emotionales Verhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Risiko; Disziplin; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	This study compared reactions of mothers and fathers to the risk taking behavior of sons and daughters. Mother-father pairs (N = 52) imagined their 2-year-old boy or girl behaving in risky ways in common home situations that could, and did, result in injury. Emotional and parenting reactions to the behaviors were assessed before and after injury. Results revealed few differences between mothers' and fathers' reactions but reactions varied for sons versus daughters. Parent reactions to risk taking by sons focused on discipline but reactions to the same behaviors by daughters focused on safety. Mothers, in particular, reacted to sons with anger and daughters with disappointment and surprise. Parents attributed risk taking to personality for sons but situational factors for daughters, and judged daughters could be taught to comply with safety rules more than sons. Overall, results suggest that parents socialize boys and girls differently regarding risk taking. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10