Journal article
Transportation-Related Safety Behaviors in Top-Grossing Children's Movies from 2008 to 2013
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, Vol.37(4), pp.306-313
05/01/2016
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000273
PMID: 26890563
Abstract
Objective: Children regularly imitate behavior from movies. The authors assessed injury risk behaviors in top-grossing children's films. Methods: The 5 top-grossing G- or PG-rated movies annually from 2008 to 2013 were included, including animated movies and those set in the past/future. Researchers coded transportation scenes for risk taking in 3 domains: protection/equipment, unsafe behaviors, and distraction/attention. Results: Safe and risky behaviors were recorded across the 3 domains. With regard to protection and equipment, 20% of motor vehicle scenes showed characters riding without seat belts and 27% of scenes with motorcycles showed characters riding without helmets. Eighty-nine percent of scenes with horses showed riders without helmets and 67% of boat operators failed to wear personal flotation devices. The most common unsafe behaviors were speeding and unsafe street-crossing. Twenty-one percent of scenes with motor vehicles showed drivers speeding and 90% of pedestrians in films failed to wait for signal changes. Distracted and inattentive behaviors were rare, with distracted driving of motor vehicles occurring in only approximately 2% of total driving scenes. Conclusion: Although many safe transportation behaviors were portrayed, the film industry continues to depict unsafe behaviors in movies designed for pediatric audiences. There is a need for the film industry to continue to balance entertainment and art with modeling of safe behavior for children.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Transportation-Related Safety Behaviors in Top-Grossing Children's Movies from 2008 to 2013
- Creators
- Shilpa Boppana - University of Alabama at BirminghamJiabin Shen - University of Alabama at BirminghamDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, Vol.37(4), pp.306-313
- DOI
- 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000273
- PMID
- 26890563
- NLM abbreviation
- J Dev Behav Pediatr
- ISSN
- 0196-206X
- eISSN
- 1536-7312
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949458002771
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