Risky driving among young male drivers: The effects of mood and passengers

Rhodes, Nancy; Pivik, Kelly; Sutton, Marnie

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2014.11.005

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“…Among the many factors which are related to risky driving (e.g., personality traits, attitudes, motives), emotions have been found to play an important role (Hu et al 2013;Rhodes et al 2015;Nesbit and Conger 2012). Research findings support the idea that negative emotions, as well as positive emotions, can deteriorate the quality of driving performance (Hu et al 2013;Jallais et al 2014;Jeon et al 2014;Mesken 2006;Rhodes at al. 2015).…”

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confidence: 67%

Difficulties in emotion regulation and risky driving among Lithuanian drivers

Šeibokaitė

Endriulaitienė

Sullman

et al. 2017

Traffic Injury Prevention

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confidence: 67%

Difficulties in emotion regulation and risky driving among Lithuanian drivers

Šeibokaitė

Endriulaitienė

Sullman

et al. 2017

Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…Young drivers have a tendency to violate traffic rules, which results in more accidents than older drivers [34]. Speeding is a major concern for young drivers as high speed accidents are characterized by a greater likelihood of fatalities and higher numbers of injuries per accidents [35]. Young drivers are involved in higher speed crashes as compared to other age groups [36].…”

Section: Traffic Weeksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of a Road Safety Education Program Based on Driving Under Influence and Traffic Risks for Higher Secondary School Students in Belgium

Riaz

Cuenen

Dhondt³

et al. 2019

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Road safety education has been recognized as an instrument for reducing road accidents. This study aims to evaluate the road safety education program "Traffic Weeks" among higher secondary school students (age 16-19) in Belgium. The program focuses on driving under influence (DUI) and traffic risks. This study investigates whether the program has an effect on socio-cognitive variables using a questionnaire based on the theory of planned behavior. During the pre-test, 445 students filled in the questionnaire, while 253 students filled in the questionnaire during the post-test. Of these, 175 questionnaires could be matched. The results indicate that the students already had quite a supportive view of road safety at pre-test, with female students showing a more supportive view of road safety than male students. The DUI workshop had a positive effect on most socio-cognitive variables (attitude, subjective norm-friends, and intention) of female students in general education, while the traffic risks workshop only affected perceived behavioral control of female students. In terms of appreciation, students had a significantly higher appreciation of the DUI workshop compared to the traffic risks workshop. During the focus groups, students gave recommendations to improve the program.

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“…Adolescence is a period of elevated peer influence on RTB (Somerville, 2013 ; Steinberg & Morris, 2001 ). Several experimental studies demonstrate that the presence of and/or the encouragement by peers increases risk taking in typically developing adolescents (Cavalca et al, 2013 ; Chein et al, 2011 ; Gardner & Steinberg, 2005 ; Rhodes et al, 2015 ; Smith et al, 2014 ; van Hoorn et al, 2017 ; Weigard et al, 2014 ). Real-life data reveal that among adolescent drivers, risky driving and the risk of fatal injuries increases with more same-aged passengers in the car (Chen et al, 2000 ; Ouimet et al, 2010 ; Simons-Morton et al, 2011 , 2012 ).…”

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Risk Taking by Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a Behavioral and Psychophysiological Investigation of Peer Influence

Dekkers

Popma

Sonuga‐Barke

et al. 2020

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Adolescents with ADHD demonstrate increased risk-taking behavior (RTB) like substance abuse and dangerous traffic conduct. RTB in adolescence is more likely under peer influence. The current investigation (1) tests the hypothesis that adolescents with ADHD are particularly susceptible to such influence and (2) tests whether groups differed in autonomic reactivity to peer influence. Adolescent boys between 12 and 19 years with ( n = 81) and without ( n = 99) ADHD performed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task twice. In the peer condition, a highly credible virtual peer manipulation that encouraged risk taking was added, in the solo condition this was absent. Autonomic reactivity was indexed by heart rate (HR), pre-ejection period (PEP) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). All adolescents engaged in more risk taking in the peer condition relative to solo condition. Autonomic differences between groups were only found on PEP: a stronger sympathetic response to peer influence was observed in typically developing adolescents relative to adolescents with ADHD. Increased physiological stress (as indexed by PEP) in the peer relative to the solo condition predicted peer-induced risk taking in all adolescents. We conclude that susceptibility to peer influence is not exaggerated in ADHD but rather reflects a general tendency of adolescents. As adolescents experiencing peer influence as stressful are most susceptible to peer influence, we suggest that increasing resistance to peer influence may be an important treatment aim for these adolescents specifically. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10802-020-00666-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Risky driving among young male drivers: The effects of mood and passengers

Cited by 65 publications

References 56 publications

Difficulties in emotion regulation and risky driving among Lithuanian drivers

Difficulties in emotion regulation and risky driving among Lithuanian drivers

Evaluation of a Road Safety Education Program Based on Driving Under Influence and Traffic Risks for Higher Secondary School Students in Belgium

Risk Taking by Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a Behavioral and Psychophysiological Investigation of Peer Influence

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