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. 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):639-49.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.6.2.

Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale

Kelli England Will  1 , Edward J Lorek, Cynthia Shier Sabo, David G Kidd
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Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale

Kelli England Will et al. Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk.

Methods: The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256 parents/guardians to examine reliability, factor structure, and perception of risk.

Results: The WARE Scale has high internal consistency reliability (alpha = .89). Parents underestimated scenarios with high injury/death rates and overestimated scenarios with low injury/death rates.

Conclusions: Risk estimation measures such as the WARE Scale have great potential as research tools and may be modified to suit researchers' needs.

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