@article{ref1,
title="Risk-taking in preschool children",
journal="Journal of Pediatric Nursing",
year="1998",
author="Kennedy, Colleen M. and Lipsitt, L. P.",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="77-84",
abstract="This study was designed to characterize preschool-age children who engage in daring, risk-taking behaviors. Seventy-four children (39 males, 35 females) and their mothers from a wide range of socioeconomic strata participated. Children who described themselves as high in risk-taking were generally males, had higher accident and injury rates, and had parents whose assessments of their children's risk-taking activities were congruent with their own. Contrary to our expectations, however, risk-taking children did not appear to be more than ordinarily impulsive, which suggests that risk-taking is engaged in contemplatively (i.e., with some caution) by some youngsters and need not result in serious mishaps. Cognitive ability was found to be a codependent predictor of risk-taking for boys. Parents and clinicians will find it useful to know that risk-taking is a multidimensional phenomenon, not a unitary behavior or personality trait and that the Injury Behavior Checklist would be a valuable tool for screening selected populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-5963",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}