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Psicologia em Pesquisa

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Abstract

FAVERO, Eveline et al. Risk perception anda atitudes of accident prevention in children (10-12 years). Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2018, vol.12, n.1, pp. 43-51. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24879/2018001200100115.

The study analyzed the risk perception of accidents in children, as well as their opinion on the attitudes of prevention. The study included 886 children, 54% female and 46% male, 10-12 years old (M=10.66; SD=0.62), living in Cascavel-PR. The participants answered a questionnaire with Likert scale responses ranging from 1-5, analyzed quantitatively through techniques of statistics such as factor analysis, frequency and Student’s t-test. The children presented low means (≤ 2,24) relative to the perception of exposure to the risk of accidents, which may be related to the personal belief of invulnerability. On the other hand, the averages relative to the importance of the attitudes of prevention were high (≥ 3,40), revealing a good level of information on this subject.

Keywords : risk perception; accidents prevention; childhood.

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