A qualitative study of college students' perceptions of risky driving and social influences

Watters, Samantha; Beck, Kenneth H.

doi:10.1080/15389588.2015.1045063

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“…In addition, the peer sample was comprised primarily of similarly aged friends of the participants, and they reported their driving behaviors independently from the participants. The strength of the matched peer sample represents same-aged friendship groups and accounts for young adults susceptibility to the influence of those in their social circles (38). …”

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Cell Phone Use While Driving: Prospective Association with Emerging Adult Use

Trivedi

Haynie

Bible

et al. 2017

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Secondary task engagement such as cellphone use while driving is a common behavior among adolescents and emerging adults. Texting and other distracting cell phone use in this population contributes to the high rate of fatal car crashes. Peer engagement in similar risky driving behaviors, such as texting, could socially influence driver phone use behavior. The present study investigates the prospective association between peer and emerging adult texting while driving the first year after high school. Surveys were conducted with a national sample of emerging adults and their nominated peers. Binomial logistic regression analyses, adjusting for gender, race/ethnicity, parental education, and family affluence, showed that participants (n=212) with peers (n=675) who reported frequently texting while driving, were significantly more likely to text while driving the following year (odds ratio, 3.01; 95% CI, 1.19 to 7.59; P=0.05). The findings are consistent with the idea that peer texting behavior influences the prevalence of texting while driving among emerging adults.

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Cell Phone Use While Driving: Prospective Association with Emerging Adult Use

Trivedi

Haynie

Bible

et al. 2017

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Every year 3800 young drivers are killed on EU roads (ETSC, 2017) and for this group road crashes are the biggest single cause of death. A large number of road crashes are related to speeding (Hassan & Abdel-Aty, 2013;Mohammed & Bromfield, 2017;Watters & Beck, 2016). Indeed, in the study by Watters and Beck (2016), participants believed that driving too slowly was more dangerous than driving too fast.…”

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“…A large number of road crashes are related to speeding (Hassan & Abdel-Aty, 2013;Mohammed & Bromfield, 2017;Watters & Beck, 2016). Indeed, in the study by Watters and Beck (2016), participants believed that driving too slowly was more dangerous than driving too fast. Lack of experience and age, can to some extent, explain increased risk since their involvement in road crashes is reduced during the first six months after receiving their driving license (Mayhew, Simpson, & Pak, 2003).…”

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Speeding behaviour of adolescents and the image of a typical person who speeds

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“…Although quantitative studies dominate the research on drinking and driving beliefs and perceptions, qualitative studies are particularly well suited to elucidating behavioral processes and explaining how actions unfold and are shaped by the contexts in which they occur. Previous qualitative work about drinking and driving has focused largely on offenders convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) (Eckberg and Jones, 2015; Fynbo and Jarvinen, 2011; Watters and Beck, 2016), with less research examining perceptions among young adults in the general population. One important exception is work by Nygaard et al (2003), who interviewed 44 late adolescents in California to understand whether expectancies, control beliefs, and normative beliefs influenced drinking and driving.…”

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Context and culture: Reasons young adults drink and drive in rural America

Greene

Murphy

Rossheim

2018

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Montana, a large and rural U.S. state, has a motor vehicle fatality rate almost double the national average. For young adults, the alcohol-related motor vehicle fatality rate in the state is almost three times the national average. Yet little research has explored the underlying reasons that young people in rural areas drink and drive. Drawing from the theory of triadic influence (TTI) and a series of qualitative focus group discussions, the current study examined how aspects of the landscape and culture of rural America promote and hinder drinking and driving among young people. In 2015 and 2016, 72 young adults (36 females) aged 18–25 years old (mean age = 20.2) participated in 11 semi-structured focus groups in 8 rural counties in Montana. Discussions were transcribed, and two reviewers independently coded text segments. Themes were identified and an inductive explanatory model was created. The results demonstrated that aspects of the social context (e.g., peer pressure and parental modeling), rural cultural values (e.g., independence, stoicism, and social cohesion), and the legal and physical environment (e.g., minimal police presence, sparse population, and no alternative transportation) promoted drinking and driving. The results also identified salient protective factors in each of these domains. Our findings demonstrate the importance of examining underlying distal determinants of drinking and driving. Furthermore, they suggest that future research and interventions should consider the complex ways in which cultural values and environmental factors intersect to shape the risky health behaviors of rural populations.

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A qualitative study of college students' perceptions of risky driving and social influences

Abstract: Training is needed to encourage people to intervene and speak up regarding behaviors other than drinking and driving, and cues to action and campaigns should target intervention to increase self-efficacy, as well as norms, susceptibility, and common rationalizations for risky behavior.

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Cell Phone Use While Driving: Prospective Association with Emerging Adult Use

Cell Phone Use While Driving: Prospective Association with Emerging Adult Use

Speeding behaviour of adolescents and the image of a typical person who speeds

Context and culture: Reasons young adults drink and drive in rural America

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