TY - JOUR
T1 - Can I take the car? Relations among parenting practices and adolescent problem-driving practices
AU - Hartos, Jessica L.
AU - Eitel, Patricia
AU - Haynie, Denise L.
AU - Simons-Morton, Bruce G.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000/5
Y1 - 2000/5
N2 - The goal of this study was to examine relations among problem-driving practices and parenting practices. Three hundred adolescents licensed 2 years or less were interviewed about driving behaviors, parenting practices, and orientations toward deviance. Factors significantly related to risky driving behaviors, traffic violations, and motor vehicle crashes included lower levels of parental monitoring and control, and lenient parental restrictions on driving (i.e., friends as passengers and driving curfews). Parental monitoring was among the subset of variables most useful in predicting risky driving behaviors. Violations were 4 times more likely with lenient restrictions related to frequency of friends as passengers and 2 times more likely with low parental control. Crashes were 7 times more likely with lenient restrictions related to frequency of friends as passengers. Overall, the findings suggest that adolescent problem driving is related to parenting practices.
AB - The goal of this study was to examine relations among problem-driving practices and parenting practices. Three hundred adolescents licensed 2 years or less were interviewed about driving behaviors, parenting practices, and orientations toward deviance. Factors significantly related to risky driving behaviors, traffic violations, and motor vehicle crashes included lower levels of parental monitoring and control, and lenient parental restrictions on driving (i.e., friends as passengers and driving curfews). Parental monitoring was among the subset of variables most useful in predicting risky driving behaviors. Violations were 4 times more likely with lenient restrictions related to frequency of friends as passengers and 2 times more likely with low parental control. Crashes were 7 times more likely with lenient restrictions related to frequency of friends as passengers. Overall, the findings suggest that adolescent problem driving is related to parenting practices.
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U2 - 10.1177/0743558400153003
DO - 10.1177/0743558400153003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034394020
SN - 0743-5584
VL - 15
SP - 352
EP - 367
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
IS - 3
ER -