Research article summary (published 30 May 2000):

Mothers' responses to sons and daughters engaging in injury-risk behaviors on a playground: implications for sex differences in injury rates.

Full Abstract

Videotapes of children engaging in injury-risk activities on a playground were shown to mothers, who were asked to intervene by stopping the tape and saying whatever they would to their child in the situation shown. Results revealed that mothers of daughters were more likely to judge behaviors as posing some degree of injury risk, and they intervened more frequently and quickly than mothers of sons. Mothers' speed to intervene positively correlated with both children's injury history and their risk-taking tendencies, indicating that mothers of children who were previously injured and who often engaged in injury-risk behaviors had a higher degree of tolerance for children's risk taking than mothers of children who experienced fewer injuries and less frequently engaged in injury-risk behaviors. Mothers' verbalizations to children's risk taking revealed that daughters received more cautions and statements communicating vulnerability for injury, whereas sons received more statements encouraging risk-taking behavior. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Author information

Author/s: Morrongiello, B A (BA); Dawber, T (T);

Affiliation: University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental child psychology (J Exp Child Psychol), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-Jun; vol 76 (issue 2) : pp 89-103

Dates: Created 2000/07/11; Completed 2000/07/11; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 10788304, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Child Female Gender Identity Humans Male Mother-Child Relations

Parenting - psychology Play and Playthings Reinforcement, Verbal Risk-Taking Socialization Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control; psychology

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