Do parental decision-making patterns predict compliance with use of child booster seats?

Booster seat use for 4–9 year olds remains the lowest of all age groups in many countries. The objective of this study is to examine whether parents’ decision-making patterns, as measured by the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, relate to car booster seat use. Israeli parents of 4–7 years old children (n = 398) answered a questionnaire about car safety and decision-making habits. Ninety per cent of parents reported having a booster seat; 70.5% reported consistent booster seat use in general and on short drives during the last month (booster seat use compliance index). Greater compliance index was positively related to a vigilant decision-making pattern, passenger compliance with rear seat belts and families with fewer children. Lower booster seat use compliance index was associated with buck-passing decision-making pattern. Health professionals and policy-makers should take into account parents’ habitual decision-making patterns when designing interventions for car booster seat compliance.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2017.1323930
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Shimony-Kanat, Sarit
  • Gofin, Rosa
  • Kienski Woloski Wruble, Anna C
  • Mann, Leon
• Publication Date: 2018-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 53-57
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1745-7300
  • EISSN: 1745-7319
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/nics20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Booster seats; Compliance; Decision making; Parents; Questionnaires; Seat belt use; Vigilance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01665876
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 2018 11:37AM