A study of the relationship of ninety background, developmental, behavioural and medical factors to childhood accidents.

Langley, John Desmond; Silva, Phil A.; Williams, Sheila

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb01307.x

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“…10 Following this approach, several studies have now identified specific environmental and child factors associated with an increased likelihood of injury in young children 21 (but see reference 22). Several of the most commonly identified risk factors in previous research were identified in this study, including being male, membership in a singleparent or stepfamily, 5 high levels of parent-reported childhood activity, 23,24 maternal mental health problems, 25 and a history of teenage parenthood.…”

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confidence: 70%

Distribution of Accidents, Injuries, and Illnesses by Family Type

O’Connor

Davies²,

Dunn³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT. Objective. To investigate whether family type and psychosocial risks indexed by family type were systematically associated with differences in health outcomes in children.Design and Subjects. The study is based on a longitudinal, prospective study of a large (n ‫؍‬ ϳ10 000) community sample of families, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood.Main Outcome Measures. Frequency of accidents, illnesses, and medical interventions.Results. At 2 years of age, children in single-parent and stepfamilies were disproportionately likely to experience accidents and receive medical treatment for physical illnesses. In addition, children in single-parent families and stepfamilies were more likely to be hospitalized or receive attention from a hospital doctor for an injury or illness. Exposure to psychosocial risks also were elevated in single-parent families and stepfamilies, compared with intact or nonstepfamilies, and these factors primarily accounted for the connection between family type and children's physical health.Conclusions. The consequences of family transitions on children's health extend beyond traditional mental health and behavioral outcomes and include accident proneness, illness, and receipt of medical attention. The mediating processes are not entirely attributable to social class differences connected to family type and may instead be associated with a range of psychosocial risks that are more frequently found in single-parent families and stepfamilies, compared with intact or nonstepfamilies. Prevention and intervention efforts directed toward children at risk for poor behavioral and mental health adjustment secondary to family disruption should consider children's physical health and health-related behaviors. Pediatrics 2000;106(5). URL: http://www. pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/106/5/e68; family type, childhood, accidents, injuries, illnesses.ABBREVIATIONS. ALSPAC, Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood; OR, odds ratio. M embership in a single-parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children. 1,2 The mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks. 3,4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2-parent biological family, stepfamily, or single-parent family) and children's psychological adjustment, little is known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types. One study 5 found that children in both single-parent families and stepfamilies were more likely to experience hospitalization or an injury attributable to accident than were children living with both biological parents. A smaller study found that children in single-parent families visited the general practitioner more and experienced more psychosomatic health problems. 6 A further study ...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 70%

Distribution of Accidents, Injuries, and Illnesses by Family Type

O’Connor

Davies²,

Dunn³

et al. 2000

Pediatrics

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“…Individual behaviors of children most frequently investigated and found associated with accidents have been aggression,6"11 overactivity,12"18 and impulsivity. 4,8,10,13,19 Two re¬ cent studies did not identify signifi¬ cant associations with aggression or activity20,21; however, the direction of their findings was similar to other re¬ ports: accidents were associated with increasing levels of behavioral prob¬ lems.…”

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Child Behavior and Accidental Injury in 11,966 Preschool Children

Bijur¹,

Stewart‐Brown

Butler

1986

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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“…Mothers may find the educate strategies particularly useful for persuading their persistent children to voluntarily change their goals (or attain their goals in safe ways), and to desist from hazardous activities in their absence and in the long-term. More maternal use of educate strategies may help to explain previous findings that persistent children Mothers, toddlers and safety interventions 279 experience fewer injuries by five or six years of age (Matheny et al, 1971;Langley et al, 1980;Matheny, 1986).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Temperament has been linked with child injury rates in previous research. Repeat injury is associated with children's highly active behaviour (Matheny et al, Wilson, 1971;Langley et al, 1983;Jaquess & Finney, 1994;Plumert & Schwebel, 1997), more intense and negative mood (Matheny et al, 1971;Langley et al, 1980;Matheny, 1986), impulsivity (Jaquess & Finney, 1994), and inattention or less persistence in activities (Matheny et al, 1971;Langley et al, 1980;Matheny, 1986).…”

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confidence: 99%

Mothers' safety intervention strategies with toddlers and their relationship to child characteristics

Diamond

Bowes

Robertson

2006

Early Child Development and Care

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Injury prevention at home is an important concern for parents of toddlers. This study investigated safety-related intervention strategies of 40 middle-class Australian mothers, and their relationship with three child characteristics: gender, temperament and language comprehension. In an interview at home, mothers reported frequency of use of 15 strategies and completed a child temperament questionnaire. Their two-year-olds were tested for language comprehension. Principal component analysis revealed three types of strategies: educate, control, and remove risk. Relationships were found between strategy type and two child characteristics: temperament and language comprehension. Control strategies were linked to active, intense children; and educate strategies were linked to persistent children and to children with higher language comprehension. Implications are discussed for safety-related parenting strategies with toddlers.

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A study of the relationship of ninety background, developmental, behavioural and medical factors to childhood accidents.

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Distribution of Accidents, Injuries, and Illnesses by Family Type

Distribution of Accidents, Injuries, and Illnesses by Family Type

Child Behavior and Accidental Injury in 11,966 Preschool Children

Mothers' safety intervention strategies with toddlers and their relationship to child characteristics

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