Parental predictors of teen driving risk

被引:51
作者
Beck, KH [1 ]
Shattuck, T
Raleigh, R
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Hlth Educ, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Maryland Motor Vehicle Adm, Driver Safety Res, Glen Burnie, MD USA
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR | 2001年 / 25卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.5993/AJHB.25.1.2
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objectives: To determine the nature and prevalence of parental involvement with teen driving and its relationship to teen driving risk. Methods: A statewide sample of 424 Maryland parents and their provisionally licensed teenagers were interviewed. Results: Parents were unaware of the extent to which their teens had engaged in high-risk traffic events, such as being distracted by friends or driving too fast. Teens who were allowed unsupervised access to a car at least several times a week were 3 times as likely to have driven too fast than were those who had access once a month or less. The frequency of parental teaching of driving skills was not strongly related to teen risk taking. Conclusion: The need to increase parents' capacity to impose and enforce driving restrictions on provisionally licensed teen drivers is indicated.
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