Effect of Cell Phone Distraction on Pediatric Pedestrian Injury Risk

Stavrinos, Despina; Byington, Katherine W.; Schwebel, David C.

doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1382

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“…Given the inherently immersive and absorbing nature of ARGs, the dangers of playing Pokémon GO are likely to be similar to future ARGs. Research has shown that children engage in unsafe pedestrian behaviors when distracted by cell phones [36], and ARGs provide another enticing distraction that may put gamers at risk of injury and motor vehicle accidents, dangers that are largely preventable. While rates of injuries that result specifically from playing ARGs have not been studied, it is known that unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among 5-44 year olds, which captures the majority of Pokémon GO players [37].…”

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Augmented Reality Video Games: New Possibilities and Implications for Children and Adolescents

Zhu

McLaughlin

et al. 2017

MTI

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Abstract:In recent years, the video game market has embraced augmented reality video games, a class of video games that is set to grow as gaming technologies develop. Given the widespread use of video games among children and adolescents, the health implications of augmented reality technology must be closely examined. Augmented reality technology shows a potential for the promotion of healthy behaviors and social interaction among children. However, the full immersion and physical movement required in augmented reality video games may also put users at risk for physical and mental harm. Our review article and commentary emphasizes both the benefits and dangers of augmented reality video games for children and adolescents.

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Augmented Reality Video Games: New Possibilities and Implications for Children and Adolescents

Zhu

McLaughlin

et al. 2017

MTI

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“…Research on children's pedestrian behaviours has steadily increased (e.g., Barton and Schwebel 2007b;Dunbar et al 2002;Rosenbloom et al 2008;Stavrinos et al 2009;Zeedyk et al 2002). However, relatively few studies have investigated the pedestrian behavior of adults when accompanying children (Morrengiello and Barton 2009).…”

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Adult Pedestrian Behavior When Accompanying Children on the Route to School

Pfeffer

Fagbemi

Stennet

2010

Traffic Injury Prevention

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Objective: Pedestrian injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality to children, especially boys. Adults serve as pedestrian role models and provide learning opportunities to children when walking to school. The research objectives were to investigate adult pedestrian behaviour when accompanying boys and girls.Methods: Behavioural observation of 140 adult pedestrians accompanying 4 -9 year-old children was done in British residential locations. Observations took place at light-controlled crossings, speed restricted school safety zones and mid-block unmarked crossing sites.Behaviours observed included stopping at the curb, waiting at the curb, looking left and right before and during road crossing, holding hands, talking, and walking straight across. Results:In general, adults modeled safe road crossing behaviours. Adult safe behaviour scores were higher when accompanying girls than when accompanying boys. No statistically significant differences were found by child age group. The fewest safe pedestrian behaviors were observed at light-controlled crossings. Conclusions:Adult pedestrians behave differently when with boys and girls and at different types of road crossing site. Interventions aimed at reducing pedestrian injuries to children may need to take these different everyday experiences into consideration.

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“…Active engagement in telephone conversation is known to have adverse consequences on cognition: Speaking on a telephone reduces driver accuracy (Strayer & Johnston, 2001) and has negative consequences for pedestrian safety (Stavrinos, Byington, & Schwebel, 2009). …”

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Why are background telephone conversations distracting?

Marsh¹,

Ljung²,

Jahncke³

et al. 2018

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

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Telephone conversation is ubiquitous within the office setting. Overhearing a telephone conversation-whereby only one of the two speakers is heard-is subjectively more annoying and objectively more distracting than overhearing a full conversation. The present study sought to determine whether this "halfalogue" effect is attributable to unexpected offsets and onsets within the background speech (acoustic unexpectedness) or to the tendency to predict the unheard part of the conversation (semantic [un]predictability), and whether these effects can be shielded against through top-down cognitive control. In Experiment 1, participants performed an office-related task in quiet or in the presence of halfalogue and dialogue background speech. Irrelevant speech was either meaningful or meaningless speech. The

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Effect of Cell Phone Distraction on Pediatric Pedestrian Injury Risk

Abstract: Our results suggest that cell phones distract preadolescent children while crossing streets.

Cited by 154 publications

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Augmented Reality Video Games: New Possibilities and Implications for Children and Adolescents

Augmented Reality Video Games: New Possibilities and Implications for Children and Adolescents

Adult Pedestrian Behavior When Accompanying Children on the Route to School

Why are background telephone conversations distracting?

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