TY - JOUR
T1 - Does graduated licensing empower parents to place greater restrictions on their newly licensed teens' driving?
AU - Beck, Kenneth H.
AU - Shattuck, Teresa
AU - Raleigh, Robert
AU - Hartos, Jessica
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - This investigation sought to determine if Maryland's new graduated licensing program was associated with greater levels of parental involvement in, and restriction on, teens' unsupervised driving. Separate samples of teens with provisional licenses were interviewed by telephone before (n = 424) and after (n = 600) the new program took effect. The findings indicated that teens in the new program reported significant increases in the frequency of parental driving instruction and supervised driving during the permit phase. There were no differences in amounts of instruction or supervised driving after provisional licensure. Also, teens in the new program reported greater overall amounts of parental restriction on their driving; however, few specific restrictions showed increases. Programs that encourage parents to regulate, restrict, monitor, and supervise the driving privileges of their teens during their provisional period of licensure are recommended. Graduated licensing laws and programs benefit from specific behavioral interventions targeted to, and implemented by, parents.
AB - This investigation sought to determine if Maryland's new graduated licensing program was associated with greater levels of parental involvement in, and restriction on, teens' unsupervised driving. Separate samples of teens with provisional licenses were interviewed by telephone before (n = 424) and after (n = 600) the new program took effect. The findings indicated that teens in the new program reported significant increases in the frequency of parental driving instruction and supervised driving during the permit phase. There were no differences in amounts of instruction or supervised driving after provisional licensure. Also, teens in the new program reported greater overall amounts of parental restriction on their driving; however, few specific restrictions showed increases. Programs that encourage parents to regulate, restrict, monitor, and supervise the driving privileges of their teens during their provisional period of licensure are recommended. Graduated licensing laws and programs benefit from specific behavioral interventions targeted to, and implemented by, parents.
KW - Graduated license programs
KW - Parental influence
KW - Teen driving
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1542599001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1090198103255369
DO - 10.1177/1090198103255369
M3 - Article
C2 - 14655864
AN - SCOPUS:1542599001
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 30
SP - 695
EP - 708
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -