Parenting practices and adolescent risky driving : a three-month prospective study.

Author(s)
Hartos, J. Eitel, P. & Simons-Morton, B.
Year
Abstract

This study examined relations between risky driving, parenting, and deviance, and the stability of risky driving over time. Two hundred and sixty-one licensed adolescents completed telephone interviews about risky driving, parenting practices, and orientations toward deviance at baseline and about risky driving at follow-up 3 months later. The results indicated that risky driving at follow-up was predicted by risky driving at baseline, parental restrictions on driving, and sensation seeking. In addition, risky driving was stable within 80% of teens. When compared with adolescents with low risky driving over time (n = 129), adolescents with high risky driving over time (n = 79) were 3 times more likely to report low parental monitoring, 2 times more likely to report low parental restrictions, and almost 5 times more likely to report high deviance acceptance. The results suggest that high levels of risky driving are related to parenting. (Author/publisher)

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C 29718 [electronic version only]
Source

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 29 (2002), No. 2 (April), p. 194-206, 43 ref.

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