@article{ref1,
title="The effect of group-adapted motivational interviewing on traffic convictions and driving behaviors of court-adjudicated youth",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2013",
author="Baird, Janette and Nirenberg, Ted D. and Longabaugh, Richard and Mello, Michael J.",
volume="14",
number="6",
pages="572-577",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a 20 hr prevention program (The Reducing Dangerous Driving Program, RYDD) in reducing traffic citation recidivism and high-risk driving behaviors among 16- to 20-year-olds referred by the Rhode Island courts for traffic citation events. METHODS: Participants were randomized to receive either the Adapted Group Motivational Interviewing (AGMI) or the Community Service (CS) arm of the study. Participants completed a survey at baseline and at 6 and 12 months post-RYDD completion. Objective court data on post-RYDD traffic event citations were also collected. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between the groups on measures of high-risk driving behaviors and post-RYDD traffic event citation recidivism at the 12-month follow-up assessment. CONCLUSIONS: There remains a need to develop and test behavioral interventions that could address high-risk driving behaviors and associated motor vehicle crash (MVC) risk in this population. Further research is needed to determine whether group behavioral interventions that use motivational interviewing could be a possible mechanism for changing high-risk behaviors, traffic citation recidivism, and the associated risks that these pose for MVCs among young drivers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389588.2012.734666",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2012.734666"
}