Absence of psychosocial bias in the under-reporting of unintentional childhood injuries.
Bias resulting from under-reporting has been largely ignored by studies that have examined the relationships between psychosocial factors and unintentional childhood injuries. This study was part of a larger investigation that examined associations between psychosocial factors and unintentional childhood injuries in a sample of 781 children. Visits to an accident and emergency department and their general practitioners were used to determine whether the children or their mothers were under-reporters. "Under-reporters" were compared with "reporters" on a variety of family, behavioural, and development factors. The analyses showed that under-reporters did not differ significantly from the remainder of the sample in terms of psychosocial factors central to the main study.
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand.
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JD
Langley
P A
PA
Silva
S M
SM
Williams
D000061:Accidents, Home; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D003625:Data Collection; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology