Open AccessBrief Report: Young Children's Risk of Unintentional Injury: A Comparison of Mothers' and Fathers' Supervision Beliefs and Reported Practices
Author(s) -
Barbara A. Morrongiello,
Beverly Walpole,
Brae Anne McArthur
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp011
Subject(s) - injury prevention , telephone interview , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , minor (academic) , suicide prevention , poison control , parental supervision , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medical emergency , political science , law , social science , pathology , sociology
There is increasing interest in understanding how parent supervision influences young children's risk of injury, but nearly all of this research has been conducted with mothers. The present study compared first-time mothers' and fathers' supervisory beliefs and reported practices, and related these scores to parental reports of their child's history of injuries.