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Jumping off and being careful : children's strategies of risk management in everyday life
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Christensen, Pia H. and Mikkelsen, Miguel Romero (2008) Jumping off and being careful : children's strategies of risk management in everyday life. Sociology of Health & Illness, Vol.30 (No.1). pp. 112-130. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01046.x ISSN 0141-9889.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01046.x
Abstract
This article addresses the complexity of children's risk landscapes through an ethnography of 10- to 12-year-old Danish children. The data revealed how children individually and collectively engaged with risk in their everyday activities. The children assessed risks in relation to their perceptions of their health as strength and control, negotiated the conditions of playing, and attuned their responses to situations of potential social and physical conflict. In the paper this risk engagement is illustrated in a variety of contexts: children's decisions to wear or not to wear a bicycle helmet; playing and games and routine pushing and shoving at school. In looking after themselves, children negotiate rules of participation and they safeguard personal and collective interests. Gender differences in these processes are addressed and discussed. The article argues that risk engagement is an important resource through which children also learn from their own mistakes. This is a necessary learning process when children engage with their personal health and safety. The article critically discusses different sociological frameworks and shows the significance of the study for the growing literature on understanding the meaning of risk in childhood.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Risk-taking (Psychology) in children, Risk management, Socialization | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sociology of Health & Illness | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0141-9889 | ||||
| Official Date: | January 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.30 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 19 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 112-130 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01046.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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