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Rose DM, Sieck CJ, Kaur A, Wheeler KK, Sullivan L, Yang J. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024; 21(7). |
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(Copyright © 2024, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) |
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39063504 |
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(1) Background: Few teen driving safety programs focus on increasing parental engagement with high-risk teen drivers, specifically those with a traffic violation. This study explored parents'/guardians' ('parents') experiences with a teen driving safety program, ProjectDRIVE, including facilitators and barriers to program engagement. (2) Methods: We conducted virtual, semi-structured interviews with parents who completed ProjectDRIVE, which included in-vehicle driving feedback technology and individualized virtual training with parents on effective parent-teen communication. (3) Results: Twenty interviews (with 17 females and three males) were transcribed verbatim and independently coded by three coders using systematic, open, and focused coding. Three major themes were identified: factors influencing a parent's initial decision to participate, factors influencing continued engagement, and perceived benefits of participation. The decision to participate was influenced by these subthemes: parental motivation to help their teen, perceived program usefulness, program endorsement, program incentives, parents' busy schedules, and lack of access to a car/internet. Subthemes impacting continued engagement included enhanced communication skills, teen willingness to engage, strong parental engagement, and teens' other priorities. Perceived benefits included greater self-efficacy in communication, improved communication patterns and frequency, and enhanced parent-teen relationships. (4) Conclusions: These findings may set the foundation for developing and implementing future court-ordered parent-based teen safe driving programs for teens with traffic citations. Language: en |
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Keywords |
Humans; Adolescent Behavior/psychology; Adult; Female; Male; Safety; qualitative; Qualitative Research; Adolescent; Parent-Child Relations; *Automobile Driving/psychology; parent communication; Parents/psychology; program implementation; safe driving; teen drivers |