Adolescent antecedents of high-risk driving behavior in young adulthood:​ substance use and parental influences

Shope, Jean T.; Waller, Patricia F.; Raghunathan, Trivellore E.; Patil, Sujata M.

Affiliations

¹Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

²Institute for Social Research and Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

³Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

Driver history data, in combination with previous tenth-grade questionnaire data, for 4,403 subjects were analyzed by Poisson regression models to identify the significant substance use and parental characteristics predicting subsequent high-risk driving of new drivers through age 23–24 years. Substance use (cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol) reported at age 15 was shown to be an important predictor of subsequent excess risk of serious offenses and serious crashes for both men and women. In addition, negative parental influences (permissive attitudes toward young people’s drinking; low monitoring, nurturance, family connectedness), were also demonstrated to increase the risk of serious offenses and serious crashes for both men and women.

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PubMedCentral: PMC3400238

Cited Works (1)

Year	Entry
1996	Shope JT, Waller PF, Lang SW. Correlates of high-risk driving behavior among high school seniors by gender. In: 40th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 7-9, 1996; Vancouver, BC.528-529.