Journal of Pediatric Psychology 18(1) pp. 115-131, 1993
© 1993 Society of Pediatric Psychology
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Safety Hazards in Households with Young Children1
University of California Los Angeles, South Carolina State College, Arizona State University, University of South Carolina
2All correspondence should be sent to Deborah C. Glik, Division of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024
Interviewed 230 mothers of young children concerning in-home observations of safety hazards related to burns, poisoning, and falls, and self-reported measures of maternal supervision, locus of control, social support, and safety attitudes. These were supplemented by measures of mothers' risk perceptions, stress and coping, their child's previous injury experience, and indicators of the family's socioeconomic status (SES) collected by telephone survey. SES was an important predictor of observed home hazards. Child-related variables, risk perceptions, and domain-specific attitudes had little influence on home hazards. Maternal supervisory style, rated on dimensions of protectiveness, was an important correlate of all types of household hazards. Results suggest that residential injury prevention strategies for young children should stress active as well as passive countermeasures.
Key words: childhood injury; home safety hazards; maternal supervision; injury prevention.
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