Risk compensation in children: Why do children show it in reaction to wearing safety gear? Export

@article{citeulike:1293045, abstract = {School-age children's self-reported risk compensation (greater risk-taking when wearing safety gear compared to when not doing so) was investigated using 6 common play situations. Children responded to hypothetical scenarios by rating intended risk-taking when wearing safety gear and not doing so, and by providing explanations for their behavior. Results revealed greater risk-taking scores under gear than no-gear conditions for every situation, indicating risk compensation operated for every activity. There was no significant variation in risk compensation with age or sex. Rationales for engaging in greater risk-taking when wearing safety gear revealed that the children believed wearing safety gear made them invulnerable to any degree of injury, protected them from serious injury, and resulted in them somehow being more competent to perform a higher-risk activity. Implications for childhood injury prevention are discussed.}, author = {Morrongiello, Barbara A. and Lasenby, Jennifer and Walpole, Beverly}, citeulike-article-id = {1293045}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W52-4MBTTVM-1/2/d98b019b31712b3d87c31a6b30249d9f}, comment = {The same authors publih a related study in Accident Analysys and Prevention in May 2007. Understanding children's injury-risk behavior: Wearing safety gear can lead to increased risk taking Accident Analysis \& Prevention, Vol. 39, No. 3. (May 2007), pp. 618-623. ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.10.006 )}, journal = {Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology}, keywords = {bicycling, children, compensation, helmet, public\_health, risk\_compensation}, month = {}, number = {1}, pages = {56--63}, posted-at = {2007-05-14 01:20:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Risk compensation in children: Why do children show it in reaction to wearing safety gear?}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W52-4MBTTVM-1/2/d98b019b31712b3d87c31a6b30249d9f}, volume = {28}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1293045 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1293045 N2 - School-age children's self-reported risk compensation (greater risk-taking when wearing safety gear compared to when not doing so) was investigated using 6 common play situations. Children responded to hypothetical scenarios by rating intended risk-taking when wearing safety gear and not doing so, and by providing explanations for their behavior. Results revealed greater risk-taking scores under gear than no-gear conditions for every situation, indicating risk compensation operated for every activity. There was no significant variation in risk compensation with age or sex. Rationales for engaging in greater risk-taking when wearing safety gear revealed that the children believed wearing safety gear made them invulnerable to any degree of injury, protected them from serious injury, and resulted in them somehow being more competent to perform a higher-risk activity. Implications for childhood injury prevention are discussed. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology EP - 63 TI - Risk compensation in children: Why do children show it in reaction to wearing safety gear? VL - 28 SP - 56 KW - bicycling KW - children KW - compensation KW - helmet KW - public_health KW - risk_compensation N1 - The same authors publih a related study in Accident Analysys and Prevention in May 2007. Understanding children's injury-risk behavior: Wearing safety gear can lead to increased risk taking Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 39, No. 3. (May 2007), pp. 618-623. ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2006.10.006 ) AU - Morrongiello, Barbara AU - Lasenby, Jennifer AU - Walpole, Beverly PY - 2007/0// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W52-4MBTTVM-1/2/d98b019b31712b3d87c31a6b30249d9f ER -