Citation

Beck KH, Shattuck T, Raleigh R. Am. J. Health Behav. 2001; 25(1): 10-20.

Affiliation

Department of Health Education, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA. kb9@umail.umd.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, PNG Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11289724

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the nature and prevalence of parental involvement with teen driving and its relationship to teen driving risk. METHODS: A statewide sample of 424 Maryland parents and their provisionally licensed teenagers were interviewed. RESULTS: Parents were unaware of the extent to which their teens had engaged in high-risk traffic events, such as being distracted by friends or driving too fast. Teens who were allowed unsupervised access to a car at least several times a week were 3 times as likely to have driven too fast than were those who had access once a month or less. The frequency of parental teaching of driving skills was not strongly related to teen risk taking. CONCLUSION: The need to increase parents' capacity to impose and enforce driving restrictions on provisionally licensed teen drivers is indicated.

Language: en