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Stacey L Schell1, Barbara A Morrongiello2, Ekaterina Pogrebtsova1
1Psychology Department, University of Guelph.
Objective:
This study evaluated a new online training program, Safe Sibs, aimed at improving supervision knowledge and behaviors of sibling supervisors.
Method:
Participants included older children (7-11 years) and their younger siblings (2-5 years). A randomized controlled trial design was used, with older siblings randomly assigned to either an intervention or wait-list control group. Before and after either the intervention or wait-list period, older siblings completed measures of supervision knowledge and their supervision behaviors were unobtrusively observed when with their younger sibling.
Results:
Compared with the control group, the intervention group showed significant improvements in supervision knowledge (child development, knowledge of effective supervision practices, injury beliefs, intervention-specific knowledge) and in some aspects of supervision behavior (frequency of proactive safety behaviors to prevent supervisee access to injury hazards).
Conclusions:
Although adult supervision is ideal, this new program can support older children to become more knowledgeable and improved supervisors of younger ones.
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