title: Childhood risk taking and injury: self-report and informant measures.
abstract: Examined several measures of children's physical risk taking and sensation seeking. These variables were targeted as potential predictors of unintentional injury, which is the leading cause of death in children. 83 children between 6 and 9 years of age completed self-report risk-taking and sensation-seeking scales, and a peer nomination measure of each classmate's risk taking. Teachers rated children on a risk-taking scale. Parents completed the Injury Behavior Checklist of risky behaviors, and also indicated their child's injury history. Virtually all measures were positively and significantly intercorrelated, indicating that reports of children's physical risk-taking behavior were consistent and were indicative of parent-reported injury frequency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dedmon
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012650:Self Disclosure; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*