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Barbara A. Morrongiello

Barbara A. Morrongiello

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Psychology

D-Index
62
Citations
9994
World Ranking
3284
National Ranking
207

Overview

Barbara A. Morrongiello is a researcher affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a specialized focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality. Other areas of interest include Plant Science, Social Psychology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The core topics explored in Morrongiello's research encompass Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Traffic and Road Safety, Agriculture and Farm Safety, Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Safety Warnings and Signage, and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Understanding Sex Differences in Children's Injury Risk as Pedestrians (2020), Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Children's street crossing performance when auditory information about traffic is lacking (2021), Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Other relevant recent papers connected with coauthors, though not authored by Morrongiello, reflect thematic research areas around child safety and injury risk:

  • A longitudinal study of parents' expectations about infants' emerging behaviors and their safety strategies to moderate injury risk (2021), Social Science & Medicine
  • Parents' Home-Safety Practices to Prevent Injuries During Infancy: From Sitting to Walking Independently (2022), Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Short- and Long-Term Effects of Superhero Media on Young Children's Risk-Taking Behaviors (2021), Journal of Pediatric Psychology

The primary venues for Morrongiello's scholarly output include:

  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Poster presentations
  • Infant Behavior and Development
  • Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion
  • Injury Prevention

Frequent collaborators in Morrongiello's research network consist of Amanda Cox, Lindsay Bryant, Michael Corbett, Mackenzie Seasons, and Caroline Zolis.

Best Publications

  • Why Do Boys Engage in More Risk Taking Than Girls? The Role of Attributions, Beliefs, and Risk Appraisals

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Heather Rennie

  • Understanding Toddlers’ In-Home Injuries: I. Context, Correlates, and Determinants

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Lisa Ondejko;Amanda Littlejohn

  • The role of supervision in child injury risk: definition, conceptual and measurement issues

    Gitanjali Saluja;Ruth Brenner;Barbara A. Morrongiello;Denise Haynie

  • Age and Gender Differences in School-Age Children's Appraisals of Injury Risk

    Loretta M. Hillier;Barbara A. Morrongiello

  • Parental Influences on Toddlers' Injury-Risk Behaviors: Are Sons and Daughters Socialized Differently?

    Barbara A Morrongiello;Theresa Dawber

  • Workplace injury or "part of the job"?: towards a gendered understanding of injuries and complaints among young workers.

    F. Curtis Breslin;Jessica Polzer;Ellen MacEachen;Barbara Morrongiello

  • Topographical response differentiation and reversal in 3-month-old infants

    Carolyn Kent Rovee-Collier;Barbara A. Morrongiello;Mark Aron;Janis Kupersmidt

  • Measuring parent attributes and supervision behaviors relevant to child injury risk: examining the usefulness of questionnaire measures

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;K. House

  • Caregiver Supervision and Child-Injury Risk: I. Issues in Defining and Measuring Supervision; II. Findings and Directions for Future Research

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  • Understanding Unintentional Injury Risk in Young Children II. The Contribution of Caregiver Supervision, Child Attributes, and Parent Attributes

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Michael Corbett;Meghan McCourt;Natalie Johnston

  • Toddlers' and mothers' behaviors in an injury-risk situation: Implications for sex differences in childhood injuries

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Tess Dawber

  • Developmental changes in masked thresholds.

    Bruce A. Schneider;Sandra E. Trehub;Barbara A. Morrongiello;Leigh A. Thorpe

  • Don't Run With Scissors: Young Children's Knowledge of Home Safety Rules

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Corina Midgett;Roslyn Shields

  • Interactions Between Child Behavior Patterns and Parent Supervision: Implications for Children’s Risk of Unintentional Injury

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Nora Klemencic;Michael Corbett

  • Children's perspectives on injury and close-call experiences: sex differences in injury-outcome processes

    Barbara A. Morrongiello

  • A community-based study of parents' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs related to childhood injuries.

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;L. Dayler

  • Supervision and risk of unintentional injury in young children

    Patricia G Schnitzer;M Denise Dowd;Robin L Kruse;Barbara A Morrongiello

  • Newborns' orientation toward sound: possible implications for cortical development.

    Rachel K. Clifton;Barbara A. Morrongiello;John W. Kulig;John M. Dowd

  • Perceptual grouping by infants and preschool children.

    Leigh A. Thorpe;Sandra E. Trehub;Barbara A. Morrongiello;Dale Bull

  • Infants' perception of melodies: Changes in a single tone*

    Sandra E. Trehub;Leigh A. Thorpe;Barbara A. Morrongiello

  • Toddlers' and mothers' behaviors in an injury-risk situation: Implications for sex differences in childhood injuries

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Dawn Guthrie;Tess Dawber

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Christine T. Chambers
Christine T. Chambers Dalhousie University
Rachel K. Clifton
Rachel K. Clifton University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chris Moore
Chris Moore Dalhousie University
Melanie Noel
Melanie Noel University of Calgary
Carl L. von Baeyer
Carl L. von Baeyer University of Saskatchewan
Carolyn Rovee-Collier
Carolyn Rovee-Collier Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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