Citation

Damashek A, Borduin C. J. Clin. Psychol. Med. Settings 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10880-019-09637-z

PMID

31201652

Abstract

Although maternal supervision has been found to reduce injury risk in young children, it is not clear whether supervision moderates the impact of social-ecological risk variables on children's injury frequency. This study examined whether maternal supervision moderated the relation of child, maternal, and family risk factors to children's minor injuries. Mothers (N = 170) of toddlers were interviewed biweekly about their children's injuries and their supervision over a 6-month period, and mothers completed measures about child and family variables. Supervision moderated the effect of mothers' marital/partner relationship satisfaction on children's injury frequency; closer supervision was protective for mothers with lower relationship satisfaction.

FINDINGS suggest that helping mothers with low levels of relationship satisfaction provide closer supervision for their children may mitigate the effects of low marital satisfaction on children's injury frequency.

Language: en

Keywords

Child injuries; Injury prevention; Marital satisfaction; Maternal supervision