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Measuring Attentional Biases for Threat in Children and Adults
Published on: October 19, 2014
Identification of household dangers by parents from adult versus child visual perspective
Jackson Vane1, Lynne Fullerton2, Robert Sapién2
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA. & Rady Children's Hospital/UC San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
Background:
This study utilized videos from a child's and an adult's perspective to determine whether perspective influences the number of hazards identified by parents.
Methods:
The study measured number of household dangers parents' identified. Parents (n=106) were randomized to view either the child or adult perspective videos. Groups did not differ with respect to median age (p=0.51), education (p=0.55), or number of children living at home (p=0.64).
Results:
Median number of hazards identified in the bedroom was 3 for participants watching videos taken at either adult or child perspective (p=0.32). Parents viewing child perspective videos of the kitchen identified significantly more hazards (median=4) than parents viewing adult perspective videos (median=3) (p=0.0001).
Conclusions:
Although video height (perspective) did not influence the number of hazards identified in the bedroom, parents who observed the kitchen video taken at a child's height identified more hazards than those viewing a video at adult height.
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