TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Adolescent Balloon Analog Risk Task and behaviors that influence risk of motor vehicle crash injury
JO  - Annals of advances in automotive medicine
A1  - Vaca, Federico E.
A1  - Walthall, Jessica M.
A1  - Ryan, Sheryl
A1  - Moriarty-Daley, Alison
A1  - Riera, Antonio
A1  - Crowley, Michael J.
A1  - Mayes, Linda C.
SP  - 77
EP  - 88
VL  - 57
IS  - 
N2  - Risk-taking propensity is a pivotal facet of motor vehicle crash involvement and subsequent traumatic injury in adolescents. Clinical encounters are important opportunities to identify teens with high risk-taking propensity who may later experience serious injury. Our objective was to compare self-reports of health risk behavior with performance on the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART), a validated metric of risk-taking propensity, in adolescents during a clinical encounter. 100 adolescent patients from a hospital emergency department and adolescent health clinic completed a computer-based survey of self-reported risk behaviors including substance use behaviors and behaviors that influence crash involvement. They then completed the BART, a validated laboratory-based risk task in which participants earn points by pumping up a computer-generated balloon with greater pumps leading to increased chance of balloon explosion. 20 trials were undertaken. Mean number of pumps on the BART showed a correlation of .243 (p=.015) with self-reported driver/passenger behaviors and attitudes towards driving that influence risk of crash injury. Regression analyses showed that self-reports of substance use and mean number of pumps on the BART uniquely predict self-reports of behaviors influencing the risk of crash injury. The BART is a promising correlate of real-world risk-taking behavior related to traffic safety. It remains a valid predictor of behaviors influencing risk of crash injury when using just 10 trials, suggesting its utility as a quick and effective screening measure for use in busy clinical environments. This tool may be an important link to prevention interventions for those most at-risk for future motor vehicle crash involvement and injury.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1943-2461
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -