Manual for the administration of the Young Driver Attitude Scale YDAS : an instrument to measure young driver risk-taking attitudes + Young driver attitude scale.

Author(s)
Malfetti, J.L. Rose, P.R. DeKorp, N.A. & Basch, C.E.
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Abstract

It has been well-documented that in proportion to their numbers, young drivers suffer more traffic accidents and fatalities than drivers of any other age group. One reason for this is found in their attitudes toward risk-taking. The purpose of this study was to create a valid, reliable, and practicable instrument to measure these attitudes in young people just beginning to drive, or about to begin; and to explore potentially helpful intervention before harmful attitudes are acted out on the road. The instrument that was developed is called the Young Driver Attitude Scale (YDAS). This manual gives a brief introduction to the YDAS, discusses the administration and scoring of the YDAS, and presents two types of norms for interpreting the YDAS Score. Also included is a discussion of the reliability and validity of the YDAS. A more complete discussion of the steps taken in creating the YDAS, along with comments on the meaning and use of YDAS scores and the results of a limited exploration of associated interventions, is found in the report "Young Driver Attitude Scale : the development and field-testing of an instrument to measure young driver risk-taking attitudes", AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, December 1989. (A) Included are two Young Driver Attitude Scale Scores.

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C 9022 [electronic version only] /83 /
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Washington, D.C., American Automobile Association AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 1990, 24 + 4 p., 23 ref.

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