Parent-Child Injury Prevention Conversations Following a Trip to the Emergency Department

Elizabeth E O'Neal; Jodie M Plumert; Carole Peterson

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv070

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Parent-Child Injury Prevention Conversations Following a Trip to the Emergency Department

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Parent-Child Injury Prevention Conversations Following a Trip to the Emergency Department

Elizabeth E O'Neal, Jodie M Plumert and Carole Peterson

Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.41(2), pp.256-264

03/2016

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv070

PMCID: PMC4884903

PMID: 26275976

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Abstract

The goal of the study was to examine how parents use conversation to promote the internalization of safety values after their child has been seriously injured. Parent interviews detailing postinjury conversations were coded for strategies mentioned to prevent injuries in the future and information about circumstances surrounding the injury. Logistic regression analyses revealed that parents were more likely to discuss why an activity was dangerous with older than younger children, and were more likely to urge daughters than sons to be more careful in the future. Injuries resulting from the presence of environmental hazards predicted parents telling children to be more careful in the future. Having others involved predicted parents urging children not to engage in the behavior again. Findings suggest that parents modulated strategies according to age, gender, and injury circumstances to maximize the likelihood that children would behave differently in the future.

Adolescent

Child

Child, Preschool

Communication

Emergency Service, Hospital

Female

Humans

Internal-External Control

Male

Parenting

Safety

Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control

Wounds and Injuries - psychology

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Title: Subtitle: Parent-Child Injury Prevention Conversations Following a Trip to the Emergency Department
Creators: Elizabeth E O'Neal - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa and elizabeth-oneal@uiowa.edu
Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa and
Carole Peterson - Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.41(2), pp.256-264
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv070
PMID: 26275976
PMCID: PMC4884903
NLM abbreviation: J Pediatr Psychol
ISSN: 0146-8693
eISSN: 1465-735X
Language: English
Date published: 03/2016
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984213394202771

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