Drunk Driving and the Prediction of Analogous Behavior: A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning and Self-Control Theories

Winfree, L. Thomas; Giever, Dennis; Maupin, James R.; Mays, G. Larry

doi:10.1080/15564880701403959

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“…Perhaps the association between delinquent peers and risky driving behaviors should not be all that surprising given the large body of research that has documented a linkage between exposure to antisocial friends and involvement in a broad array of risky behaviors. 15 Studies have also linked peer associations specifically to risky driving behaviors, 12,17,19,20 but no research, to our knowledge, has examined the nexus between delinquent peers and risky driving behaviors in the KSA. Whether these findings would be replicated across studies and across different nations, including those in the Gulf region, remains undetermined.…”

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Association of Environmental Risk Factors and Personality Traits With Risky Driving Behaviors in a Sample of Young Adults From Saudi Arabia

Beaver

Al-Ghamdi

Kobeisy

2021

Community Health Equity Research & Policy

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Road traffic accidents represent a serious problem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with rates of such accidents far exceeding the rates in developed nations. Even so, there remains relatively little knowledge regarding the driving behaviors among Saudi Arabians. The current study sought to address this gap in the literature by examining the environmental and trait-based contributors to risky driving behaviors among male and female drivers in the KSA. To do so, a sample of college students from a large university in the KSA was analyzed. The results revealed that delinquent peers, low levels of self-control, and higher levels of driving anger were associated with involvement in risky driving behaviors for both male and female drivers. Understanding the interconnections among peers, self-control, anger, and risky driving behaviors may provide some insight into how to reduce risky driving behaviors. Focusing on ways to reduce exposure to risk factors for risky driving behaviors may be one strategy for reducing these types of driving behaviors.

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“…Other studies have reported similar findings linking peer associations to driving while intoxicated. [18][19][20] Whether the other social/environmental risk factors would consistently predict involvement in risky driving behaviors across heterogeneous samples remains an open-empirical question.…”

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Association of Environmental Risk Factors and Personality Traits With Risky Driving Behaviors in a Sample of Young Adults From Saudi Arabia

Beaver

Al-Ghamdi

Kobeisy

2021

Community Health Equity Research & Policy

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“…That is, it seems that the intensity of criminal association (indicated by the CFI in the present study) is more strongly related with level of criminogenic thinking than the presence or absence of such associates. This implication is particularly important given the tendency of criminologists to utilize quantity of criminal associates to measure the behavioral component of differential association (see, for example, Benda, Toombs, & Peacock, 2003; Winfree, Giever, Maupin, & Mays, 2007). Therefore, future researchers operationalizing criminal association should consider utilizing a measure, such as the CFI, that extends beyond tabulation of quantity of criminal associations and instead emphasizes the intensity and frequency of such relationships.…”

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Partners or Partners in Crime? The Relationship Between Criminal Associates and Criminogenic Thinking

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Wagar

Mandracchia

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Meta-analyses examining the risk factors for recidivism have identified the importance of ties with criminal associates as well as thoughts and attitudes conducive to the continuance of criminal behavior (e.g., criminogenic thinking). Criminologists have theorized that a direct relationship exists between the association with criminal peers and the development of criminogenic thinking. The present study empirically explored the relationship between criminal associates and criminogenic thinking in 595 adult male inmates in the United States. It was hypothesized that the proportion of free time spent with and number of criminal associates would be associated with criminogenic thinking, as measured by two self-report instruments, the Measure of Offender Thinking Styles-Revised (MOTS-R) and the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). Hierarchal linear regression analyses demonstrated that the proportion of free time spent with criminal associates statistically predicted criminogenic thinking when controlling for demographic variables. The implications of these findings on correctional practice (including assessment and intervention) as well as future research are discussed.

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“…Social learning theory has received substantial empirical support in predicting a large number of criminal and deviant behaviors (e.g., Lanza-Kaduce et al 1984;Warr 2002). The effects of the four main social learning constructs (differential association, definitions, imitation, and differential reinforcement), individually and combined, are especially robust predictors of alcohol use (Akers et al 1989;Lanza-Kaduce et al 1984), drug use (Akers and Cochran 1985;Akers et al 1979;Kandel and Davies 1991), and of direct relevance to this study, driving under the influence (Chen et al 2008;Winfree et al 2007). Social learning theory may be of particular influence in the case of boating under the influence because recreational drug and alcohol use typically takes place in the presence of peers lending support to differential association (Warr 2002), and, even more so than driving, boating seems to be a social activity in which the presence of peers may greatly influence behavior.…”

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Keeping it Between the Buoys: Assessing Self-Reported Boating Under the Influence (BUI) in a Young Adult Population

Miller

Stogner

2014

Deviant Behavior

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Boating Under the Influence (BUI) has recently become a topic of significant concern. Employing a sample of 1,082 young adult boaters, we explore demographic characteristics of those who seek various levels of intoxication while boating and apply several of the leading criminological theories to the study of BUI. We evaluate self-report measures of intoxicated boating, buzzed boating, and BUI. Results indicate that social learning theory and low self-control are leading predictors of BUI. We conclude that given the social nature and cultural acceptance of drinking while boating, simply lowering the blood alcohol content legal limit may not solve the BUI problem.

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Drunk Driving and the Prediction of Analogous Behavior: A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning and Self-Control Theories

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Association of Environmental Risk Factors and Personality Traits With Risky Driving Behaviors in a Sample of Young Adults From Saudi Arabia

Association of Environmental Risk Factors and Personality Traits With Risky Driving Behaviors in a Sample of Young Adults From Saudi Arabia

Partners or Partners in Crime? The Relationship Between Criminal Associates and Criminogenic Thinking

Keeping it Between the Buoys: Assessing Self-Reported Boating Under the Influence (BUI) in a Young Adult Population

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