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Citation

Jewell J, Hupp SD. J. Prim. Prev. 2005; 26(6): 553-565.

Affiliation

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10935-005-0013-9

PMID

16228116

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of the Fatal Vision(TM) goggles (goggles that simulate the visual impairment caused by alcohol or other drugs). College students (N = 251) were randomly assigned to one of four groups including two control groups, a group wearing the goggles, and a group watching those wearing the goggles. Attitudes and behaviors toward drinking and driving were assessed immediately prior to and after the intervention, and then again at a four-week follow up. The group wearing the goggles reported significantly greater declines in accepting attitudes toward drinking and driving compared to the other groups at the immediate post-test. However, these differences disappeared after four weeks. Also, the change in attitude was not accompanied by a similar decrease in drunk driving behaviors. Editors Strategic Implications: School and agency administrators, seeking to reduce unacceptably high rates of drinking and driving, will benefit from this well-designed longitudinal experiment. Replication will be necessary, but the authors present strong evidence that this is a prevention strategy that does not result in behavioral change.

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