Journal article
A contextual perspective on the etiology of children's unintentional injuries
Health psychology review, Vol.1(2), pp.173-185
09/01/2007
DOI: 10.1080/17437190701598456
Abstract
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death in American children aged 1-18. The subject of considerable epidemiological inquiry, study of children's injuries from a psychological perspective remains somewhat novel and rather atheoretical. In this paper, we explore a contextual perspective on the understanding of the psychological aspects of the etiology of children's unintentional injuries. Injury is viewed as embedded in dynamic proximal and distal contexts in which children play an influential role. Multiple facets and layers of context for unintentional injuries, as well as children's role in selecting contextual environments, are examined and illustrated with examples.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A contextual perspective on the etiology of children's unintentional injuries
- Creators
- Benjamin K. Barton - University of GuelphDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health psychology review, Vol.1(2), pp.173-185
- DOI
- 10.1080/17437190701598456
- ISSN
- 1743-7199
- eISSN
- 1743-7202
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Number of pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2007
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949197502771
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