Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk. METHODS: The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256 parents/guardians to examine reliability, factor structure, and perception of risk. RESULTS: The WARE Scale has high internal consistency reliability (alpha = .89). Parents underestimated scenarios with high injury/death rates and overestimated scenarios with low injury/death rates. CONCLUSIONS: Risk estimation measures such as the WARE Scale have great potential as research tools and may be modified to suit researchers' needs.

Author information

Author/s: Will, Kelli England (KE); Lorek, Edward J (EJ); Sabo, Cynthia Shier (CS); Kidd, David G (DG);

Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Health and Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA. willke(-atsign-)evms.edu

Grants: 1 R49 CE000240-01 (Agency:NCIPC CDC HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2009 Nov-Dec; vol 33 (issue 6) : pp 639-49

Dates: Created 2009/03/26; Completed 2009/10/21;

PMID: 19320613, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/21/2009, IMS Date: )

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