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Childhood poisonings: Effects of ambiguous product characteristics on preschool children's categorization of household chemicals

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2024
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Bosshart, N., Bearth, A., Wermelinger, S., Daum, M. M., & Siegrist, M. (2024). Childhood poisonings: Effects of ambiguous product characteristics on preschool children’s categorization of household chemicals. Risk Analysis, 44(5), 1193–1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14217

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This study investigated preschool children's categorization and risk perception of products with ambiguous product characteristics (e.g., food‐like packaging). These characteristics make it difficult for preschool children to categorize household chemicals correctly. This, therefore, increases the risk of unintentional poisoning. We hypothesized that ambiguity arises from different product characteristics, such as the type of packaging, the products’ scent, or the packaging's color and transparency. In four behavioral tasks, N = 108 p

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44

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5

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1193

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1203

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categorization, household chemicals, preschool children, unintentional poisoning

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English

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2024-05-01

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2024-01-15

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0272-4332

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25 since deposited on 2024-01-15
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127 since deposited on 2024-01-15
126last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-08

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Bosshart, N., Bearth, A., Wermelinger, S., Daum, M. M., & Siegrist, M. (2024). Childhood poisonings: Effects of ambiguous product characteristics on preschool children’s categorization of household chemicals. Risk Analysis, 44(5), 1193–1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14217

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