Grant: Operating Grant
University of Guelph
$509,663.00
Unintentional Injuries: Influences on school-age children's risk taking and strategies for prevention
FY 2009-10
Summary
In Canada, accidential injuries rank as the number one cause of death and a leading cause of disability for children beyond 1 year of age. This research will increase knowledge for understanding and preventing unintentional injuries in school-age children (7-12 years of age). Because many injuries in this age range occur when with peers and unsupervised by adults, the research explores how different types of peer communications influence children's risk taking decisions (i.e., engaging in behaviors that elevate risk of injury when there are alternative behaviors that do not do so), and if these influences vary with child attributes (i.e., age, sex, personality traits, immediate mood state). The findings will allow us to determine if personality attributes make certain children more susceptible to peer influence than others, particularly when in an aroused positive mood state.
Department
Program
Operating Grant
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
189213
Name
Morrongiello Barbara A
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Social & Developmental Aspects of Children's & Youth's Health
Projecttitle
Unintentional Injuries: Influences on school-age children's risk taking and strategies for prevention
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of Guelph
Cihramount2
$509,663
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant
Keyworddelim
Child Attributes; Determinants Of Risk Taking; Peer Influences; Risk Of Unintentional Injury; School-Age Children; Strategies To Reduce Risk Taking
Abstract
In Canada, accidential injuries rank as the number one cause of death and a leading cause of disability for children beyond 1 year of age. This research will increase knowledge for understanding and preventing unintentional injuries in school-age children (7-12 years of age). Because many injuries in this age range occur when with peers and unsupervised by adults, the research explores how different types of peer communications influence children's risk taking decisions (i.e., engaging in behaviors that elevate risk of injury when there are alternative behaviors that do not do so), and if these influences vary with child attributes (i.e., age, sex, personality traits, immediate mood state). The findings will allow us to determine if personality attributes make certain children more susceptible to peer influence than others, particularly when in an aroused positive mood state.
Competitiondate
200909
Approvedterm2
5 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Morrongiello, Barbara A
Approvedterm
5 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $509,663~ $0~
