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Video analysis of playground injury‐risk situations
Author(s) -
Coppens Nina M.,
Gentry Lois Krehel
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770140207
Subject(s) - antecedent (behavioral psychology) , observational study , action (physics) , injury prevention , psychology , observational methods in psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , promotion (chess) , video recording , developmental psychology , medical emergency , medicine , computer science , multimedia , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , politics , political science , law
An observational study was conducted to examine injury‐risk situations as they occurred during playground recess periods. A process analysis approach was used to describe antecedent conditions, response, consequence, and reaction depicted in the video scenes. Results indicate that boys were more involved than girls, playground equipment was frequently used improperly, aggressive behaviors were sometimes a factor, situations occurred more frequently with nonteacher than teacher monitors, and children infrequently took action to stop the situations. Other children were more likely to react to the target child than the monitor. Direction is provided for child and monitor safety promotion programs.