TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Children's daily life after potentially traumatic injury: a naturalistic observation study
JO  - Traumatology
A1  - Vasileva, Mira
A1  - Schilpzand, Elizabeth J.
A1  - Mangelsdorf, Shaminka N.
A1  - Conroy, Rowena
A1  - Barrett, Anna
A1  - Jowett, Helen
A1  - Bressan, Silvia
A1  - Babl, Franz E.
A1  - Anderson, Vicki
A1  - Mehl, Matthias R.
A1  - Alisic, Eva
SP  - 129
EP  - 137
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - Although family environment in the aftermath of potentially traumatic pediatric injury appears critical to recovery, there are no studies observing children's daily life at home. We aimed to explore the daily family environment (activities and interactions) of 3- to 16-year-olds and their families following an injury requiring hospital admission. We used the electronically activated recorder (EAR; Mehl et al. 2001) to gather detailed, moment-to-moment observational data for 71 child participants (59% male; Mage = 10.41 years, SD = 3.60) during 2 days at home, within a month of their injury. We also explored associations between either acute stress symptoms or perceived social support and characteristics of daily family environment. TV exposure was a dominant feature in children's lives, 38.62% of children's wake time, SD = 22.20%. Children interacted with others an average of 46.80% of their wake time (SD = 18.05%). Older children spent more time alone than younger children, and mothers were children's most frequent interaction partners, 44.22% of children's interaction time, SD = 22.06%; followed by siblings, M = 36.59%, SD = 28.74%; and fathers, M = 22.78%, SD = 22.80%. There were few associations between either acute stress symptoms or perceived social support and daily family environment, with some correlations varying across child age and sex. The findings give first insights into clinically relevant aspects of child daily family environment after pediatric injury. This study provides a benchmark for future naturalistic observation studies of family life after trauma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-7656
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/trm0000301
ID  - ref1
ER  -