title: The mediating role of hyperactivity and inattention on sex differences in paediatric injury risk.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Extensive research suggests that risk of injury is higher among young boys versus young girls. The present study examined a mediational model to identify mechanisms that may explain differences in injury risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reports of child behaviour and two indices of injury risk among 114 children in early childhood were obtained from parents in community-based paediatric medical centres.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression analyses and post-hoc examination of indirect effects supported a mediation model in which the relationship between child sex and child injury risk was explained by hyperactivity and inattention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions that promote child well-being by targeting constellations of externalizing behaviour problems may simultaneously decrease paediatric injury risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The College of Wooster, OH 44691, USA. bkarazsia@wooster.edu
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Karazsia
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Guilfoyle
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Wildman
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010372:Pediatrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*