TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Children's recognition of dangerous household products: child development and poisoning risk
JO  - Journal of pediatric psychology
A1  - Schwebel, David C.
A1  - Wells, Hayley L.
A1  - Johnston, Anna
SP  - 238
EP  - 250
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE:  Preliterate children may be poisoned because they fail to distinguish safe versus hazardous household products.  METHODS:  Study 1: A total of 228 children aged 18-54 months completed four tasks assessing ability to recognize product safety. Study 2: A total of 68 children aged 17-31 months chose products to drink from pairs of dangerous versus beverage bottles. Study 3: A total of 119 children aged 18-42 months sorted 12 objects into toys, things you can drink, and things that are bad/dangerous.  RESULTS:  Left alone, children frequently touched dangerous household products. Children frequently misidentified poisonous products as safe. Some developmental trends emerged. The following packaging features apparently helped children recognize danger: black bottle color; opaque packaging; salient symbols like insects; lack of pointy spouts; squared, not round, bottles; and metal, not plastic, containers.  CONCLUSIONS:  Developing cognition helps preliterate children distinguish safe from dangerous household products. Multiple aspects of product packaging may reduce child poisoning risk if implemented by industry or policy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-8693
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsu088
ID  - ref1
ER  -