Development of the BACKIE questionnaire: a measure of children's behaviors, attitudes, cognitions, knowledge, and injury experiences.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to develop a standardized questionnaire (BACKIE) that would assess the Behaviors (B), Attitudes (A), Cognitions (C), Knowledge (K), and Injury Experiences (IE) that elementary-school children possess pertaining to seven types of injuries, including: falls; motor vehicle collisions; burns; drowning; choking/suffocation; poisoning; and bicycle/pedestrian injuries.


METHODS
Over 500 children in grades two through seven completed the questionnaire, with a sub-sample repeating it two months later to assess test-retest reliability of the measure.


RESULTS
Psychometric assessment of the instrument revealed acceptable internal and test-retest reliabilities and results of a Confirmatory Factor Analysis provided support for the hypothesized factor structure.


CONCLUSIONS
Having a psychometrically sound measure that allows one to assess attitudes, cognitions, and knowledge is an essential first step to exploring the relative influence of these factors on children's risk and safety practices.
Morrongiello
Barbara A
BA
Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, MacKinnon Building, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1. bmorrong@uoguelph.ca
Cusimano
Michael
M
Barton
Benjamin K
BK
Orr
Elizabeth
E
Chipman
Mary
M
Tyberg
Jeffrey
J
Kulkarini
Abhaya
A
Khanlou
Nazilla
N
Masi
Ralph
R
Bekele
Tsegaye
T
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000402:Airway Obstruction; D002056:Burns; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D011041:Poisoning; D011594:Psychometrics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards