Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale.

OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk. METHODS: The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256 parents/guardians to examine reliability, factor structure, and perception of risk. RESULTS: The WARE Scale has high inte...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Health Behavior Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 639 - 650
Autores principales: Will KE, Lorek EJ Jr., Sabo CS, Kidd DG
Formato: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: PNG Publications Nov/Dec2009
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          Will KE
          Lorek EJ Jr.
          Sabo CS
          Kidd DG
        affil: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Community Health and Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA. willke@evms.edu
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          Instrument Construction
          Perception
          Scales
          Wounds and Injuries Risk Factors
          Child
          Child, Preschool
          Coefficient alpha
          Female
          Human
          Infant
          Infant, Newborn
          Male
          Virginia
          Child: 6-12 years
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Infant: 1-23 months
          Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month
          Female
          Male
      ab: OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk. METHODS: The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256 parents/guardians to examine reliability, factor structure, and perception of risk. RESULTS: The WARE Scale has high internal consistency reliability (alpha = .89). Parents underestimated scenarios with high injury/death rates and overestimated scenarios with low injury/death rates. CONCLUSIONS: Risk estimation measures such as the WARE Scale have great potential as research tools and may be modified to suit researchers' needs.
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