%0 Journal Article
%T Externalizing Behaviors and Minor Unintentional Injuries in Toddlers: Common Risk Factors?
%J Journal of pediatric psychology
%D 2006
%A van Aken, C.
%A Junger, Marianne
%A Verhoeven, M.
%A van Aken, Marcel A. G.
%A Dekovic, Maja
%V 32
%N 2
%P 230-244
%X Objective: To investigate predictors for externalizing behaviors and minor unintentional injuries in toddlers and to examine whether common risk factors can be identified. Methods: Linear regression models were used to investigate the contributions of predictors belonging to the domains of child characteristics and parental characteristics. Participants were 117 boys (M = 16.9 months) and their parents. Results: Two common risk factors for externalizing behaviors and minor injuries were identified: maternal low conscientiousness and paternal low self-control. In addition, children's inhibitory control and dispositional frustration as well as maternal externalizing symptoms contributed independently to children's externalizing behaviors. Conclusions Results: supply some evidence for the interrelatedness of negative outcomes and on the existence of common risk factors. Interventions could aim to address these common risk factors in order to pursue a number of goals at the same time, instead of focusing on only one type of negative outcome.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Oxford University Press
%@ 0146-8693
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsj118