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01-04-2016 | Original Paper

Parents’ Depressive Symptoms and Gun, Fire, and Motor Vehicle Safety Practices

Author: Taryn W. Morrissey

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

Objective This study examined associations between mothers’ and fathers’ depressive symptoms and their parenting practices relating to gun, fire, and motor vehicle safety. Methods Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a nationally representative sample of children birth to age five, linear probability models were used to examine associations between measures of parents’ depressive symptoms and their use of firearms, smoke detectors, and motor vehicle restraints. Parents reported use of smoke detectors, motor vehicle restraints, and firearm ownership and storage. Results Results suggest mothers with moderate or severe depressive symptoms were 2 % points less likely to report that their child always sat in the back seat of the car, and 3 % points less likely to have at least one working smoke detector in the home. Fathers’ depressive symptoms were associated with a lower likelihood of both owning a gun and of it being stored locked. Fathers’ depressive symptoms amplified associations between mothers’ depressive symptoms and owning a gun, such that having both parents exhibit depressive symptoms was associated with an increased likelihood of gun ownership of between 2 and 6 % points. Conclusions Interventions that identify and treat parental depression early may be effective in promoting appropriate safety behaviors among families with young children.

The reported sample sizes are rounded to the nearest 50, per NCES regulations regarding disclosure of restricted-use data. Asian and American Indian children, twins, and low and very low birth weight children were oversampled.

In the fall of 2006, information was collected from all participating children, approximately 75 % of whom were in kindergarten or a higher grade. In the fall of 2007, data were collected from the remaining 25 % of participants who had not yet entered kindergarten, as well as from those who were repeating kindergarten in the 2007–2008 school year.

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Title: Parents’ Depressive Symptoms and Gun, Fire, and Motor Vehicle Safety Practices
Author: Taryn W. Morrissey
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-015-1910-z

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