Citation

Hartos JL, Eitel P, Simons-Morton BG. Health Educ. Behav. 2002; 29(2): 194-206.

Affiliation

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510, USA. jessica_hartos@nih.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11942714

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.

Language: en