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Relationship between parents' beliefs and their responses to children's risk-taking behaviour during outdoor play

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Title: Relationship between parents' beliefs and their responses to children's risk-taking behaviour during outdoor play
Related: Journal of early childhood research, Vol. 8, Issue 3, (2010), p.315-330
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X10368587
Publisher: Sage Publications
Date: 2010
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 130100 Education Systems
Author/Creator: Little, Helen
Description: Learning how to respond appropriately in risk situations comes not only from the child’s direct experiences but also through the guidance of those around them. The role of parent practices in guiding children’s decision-making in risky situations has mainly been investigated in experimental contexts. The present study examined children’s risk-taking behaviour and parent responses in everyday outdoor play settings. Parents’ own risk-taking beliefs and behaviours were assessed using the Attitudes Towards Risk Questionnaire (ATR). Interviews explored parents’ attitudes towards children’s risk-taking and parents (11 mothers, one father) were observed as they supervised their four- to five-year-old children on playground equipment at a park. Parents’ ATR scores were predictive of children’s risk-taking behaviour. Parents mainly supervised their child’s play and provided encouragement and support to foster children’s engagement in challenging use of the equipment. Parents rarely intervened to prevent children’s risky play but provided advice on how to complete the activity safely. Parents emphasized that their responses to children’s risk-taking are context dependent.
Description: 16 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 130100 Education Systems
Subject Keyword: Australia
Subject Keyword: development
Subject Keyword: outdoor play
Subject Keyword: parent beliefs
Subject Keyword: risk-taking
Subject Keyword: safety
Subject Keyword: socialization
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Institute of Early Childhood

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/182162
Identifier: ISSN:1476-718X
Identifier: mq-rm-2010002389
Language: eng
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