Citation

Karazsia BT, van Dulmen MH. J. Pediatr. Psychol. 2010; 35(1): 51-60.

Affiliation

Kent State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jpepsy/jsp036

PMID

19451172

PMCID

PMC2910935

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the implications of using proxies of medically attended injuries (minor injuries and close calls) for understanding concurrent relations among-and behavioral antecedents of-pediatric injuries. METHODS: Participants were 812 children from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care. Measures of externalizing behavior, maternal depression, SES, and the home environment were examined as prospective predictors of minor injuries, close calls, and medically attended injuries. RESULTS: Minor injuries and close calls were associated with medically attended injuries concurrently. Regression equations revealed different prospective predictors across the three outcome variables. CONCLUSIONS: This study was the first to examine concurrent associations among minor injuries, close calls, and medically attended injuries. Prospective antecedents of each injury assessment were also examined. The present findings signify the importance of distinguishing between these different methods of assessing pediatric injury. The study also illustrated that different analytic strategies were needed to represent observed data of each outcome variable.

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