%0 Journal Article %T Association between higher-order driving instruction and risky driving behaviours: exploring the mediating effects of a self-regulated safety orientation %J Accident analysis and prevention %D 2019 %A Senserrick, Teresa M. %A Scott-Parker, Bridie %A Watson-Brown, Natalie %V 131 %N %P 275-283 %X Adolescents' risky driving behaviours contribute to their over-representation in road trauma. Higher-order driving instruction is suggested to reduce such behaviours. To sustain positive behaviours in the long-term, self-determination theory identifies self-regulation as fundamental. The current research explored associations between higher-order driving instruction, risky driving behaviours, and a self-regulated safety orientation. Learner drivers (n = 544), aged 16-19 years, responded to a 91-item survey. Self-regulated safety orientation was found to fully mediate the relationship between higher-order driving instruction and inattentive risky driving behaviours, and between anticipatory higher-order driving instruction and intentional risky driving behaviours. A partial mediation was found between self-regulatory higher-order instruction and intentional risky driving behaviours. These results support that higher-order driving instruction, delivered to develop a self-regulated safety orientation, has potential to reduce young novice drivers' risky driving behaviours. Further research is recommended to triangulate these results through direct observation and longitudinal evaluation.

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%G en %I Elsevier Publishing %@ 0001-4575 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.07.005