TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Family Communication Patterns and Teen Drivers' Attitudes Toward Driving Safety
JO  - Journal of Pediatric Health Care
A1  - Yang, Jingzhen
A1  - Campo, Shelly
A1  - Ramirez, Marizen R.
A1  - Krapfl, Julia Richards
A1  - Cheng, Gang
A1  - Peek-Asa, Corinne L.
SP  - 334
EP  - 341
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Family communication patterns (FCPs) play an important role in reducing the risk-taking behaviors of teens, such as substance use and safer sex. However, little is known about the relationship between family communication and teen driving safety. METHOD: We analyzed the baseline data from a randomized trial that included 163 parent-teen dyads, with teens who would be receiving their intermediate driver's license within 3 months. FCPs were divided into four types-pluralistic, protective, consensual, and laissez-faire-and were correlated with the frequency of parent-teen discussions and teens' driving safety attitudes. RESULTS: The ratings on four types of FCPs were distributed quite evenly among teens and parents. Parents and teens agreed on their FCP ratings (p = .64). In families with communication patterns that were laissez-faire, protective, and pluralistic, parents talked to their teens less about safe driving than did parents in families with a consensual communication pattern (p < .01). Moreover, the frequency of parent-teen communication about safe driving was positively associated with teen attitudes toward safe driving (adjusted β = 0.35, p = .03). DISCUSSION: Health care providers need to encourage parents, particularly those with non-consensual FCPs, to increase frequency of parent-teen interactions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0891-5245
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2012.01.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -