Schwebel David C, Brezausek Carl M
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2004 Jan-Feb;29(1):19-28. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsh003.
Previous work suggests that maternal parenting and supervision reduces risk for children's unintentional injuries, but very little research has examined the role of fathers in children's unintentional injury risk. The role of fathers in protecting children from unintentional injury was considered.
A prospective longitudinal design predicted injury risk in 181 toddlers from the ages of 6 to 36 months. Predictor variables included child gender and temperament, individual difference factors of the mother and father, and parenting factors of the mother and father.
Hierarchical regression models suggested that fathers' report of gains to the family from their employment was the strongest predictor of risk of children's unintentional injury. Several other paternal and maternal factors were also modestly related to injury risk.
Data indicate the need to consider the role of fathers in protecting children from unintentional injuries.
先前的研究表明，母亲的养育和监督可降低儿童意外伤害的风险，但很少有研究探讨父亲在儿童意外伤害风险中的作用。本研究对父亲在保护儿童免受意外伤害方面的作用进行了探讨。
采用前瞻性纵向设计，对181名6至36个月大的幼儿的受伤风险进行预测。预测变量包括儿童性别和气质、父母的个体差异因素以及父母的养育因素。
分层回归模型表明，父亲报告其工作给家庭带来的收益是儿童意外伤害风险的最强预测因素。其他一些父亲和母亲的因素也与受伤风险有一定关联。
数据表明有必要考虑父亲在保护儿童免受意外伤害方面的作用。
