Unintentional poisoning exposures: how does modeling the opening of child-resistant containers influence children's behaviors?

IF 2.7 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Pediatric Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/jsae064

Barbara A Morrongiello, Erin Vander Hoeven

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Abstract

Objective: Unintentional poisoning in the home is a risk for children. Over-the-counter medicinal products in child-resistant containers (CRC) are common causes of pediatric poisoning. The current study examined children's abilities to open three types of CRC mechanisms (twist, flip, and push) and corresponding control containers, comparing their ability to do so spontaneously and after explicit modeling. The study also examined if inhibitory control (IC) was associated with children's overall score for spontaneous openings.

Method: Children 5-8 years old were randomly assigned to one of three mechanism conditions (between-participants factor): twist, flip, and push, with each child experiencing both a risk and a control container (within-participants factor) having that mechanism. Children were first left alone with a container (measures: engagement with container, spontaneous opening) for up to 2 min and subsequently observed an adult explicitly model opening the container before the child was asked to do so (measure: opening after modeling).

Results: Children were more engaged with and likely to spontaneously open control containers than CRCs, though some (4%-10%) also opened CRCs. After modeling, significantly more children opened each of the three types of CRCs, with nearly all children opening the push mechanism CRC. IC positively predicted children being more engaged with and spontaneously opening more containers.

Conclusions: Implications for improving pediatric poison prevention are discussed.

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意外中毒暴露：打开儿童防毒容器的示范如何影响儿童的行为？

目的：在家中意外中毒是儿童面临的一个风险。装在儿童耐受容器（CRC）中的非处方药产品是导致儿童中毒的常见原因。本研究考察了儿童打开三种儿童耐药容器机制（扭转、翻转和推动）和相应对照容器的能力，比较了他们自发打开和在明确示范后打开的能力。研究还考察了抑制性控制（IC）是否与儿童自发打开的总分有关：5-8岁的儿童被随机分配到三种机制条件（参与者间因素）中的一种：扭转、翻转和推动，每个儿童都要经历具有该机制的危险容器和对照容器（参与者内因素）。首先让儿童单独与容器在一起（测量：与容器的接触、自发打开）长达 2 分钟，然后观察成人在要求儿童打开容器之前明确示范打开容器（测量：示范后打开）：结果：与 CRC 相比，儿童更喜欢并更有可能自发打开对照组容器，但也有部分儿童（4%-10%）打开了 CRC。经过示范后，打开三种 CRC 的儿童明显增多，几乎所有儿童都打开了推机制 CRC。IC对儿童更多参与和自发打开更多容器有积极的预测作用：结论：讨论了改进儿科中毒预防的意义。

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Journal of Pediatric Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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6.00

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Pediatric Psychology is the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Division 54 of the American Psychological Association. The Journal of Pediatric Psychology publishes articles related to theory, research, and professional practice in pediatric psychology. Pediatric psychology is an integrated field of science and practice in which the principles of psychology are applied within the context of pediatric health. The field aims to promote the health and development of children, adolescents, and their families through use of evidence-based methods.