The roles of age, gender, inhibitory control, and parental supervision in children's pedestrian safety

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 517-526

  Barton, Benjamin K ^a,b   Schwebel, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inhibitory control; Injury etiology; Parental supervision; Pedestrian injuries; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDESTRIAN; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; VALIDITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SAFETY; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547465148     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsm014     Document Type: Article

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