Parenting practices and adolescent risky driving: a three-month prospective study.
This study examined relations between risky driving, parenting, and deviance, and the stability of risky driving over time. Two hundred and sixty-one licensed adolescents completed telephone interviews about risky driving, parenting practices, and orientations toward deviance at baseline and about risky driving at follow-up 3 months later. The results indicated that risky driving at follow-up was predicted by risky driving at baseline, parental restrictions on driving, and sensation seeking. In addition, risky driving was stable within 80% of teens. When compared with adolescents with low risky driving over time (n = 129), adolescents with high risky driving over time (n = 79) were 3 times more likely to report low parental monitoring, 2 times more likely to report low parental restrictions, and almost 5 times more likely to report high deviance acceptance. The results suggest that high levels of risky driving are related to parenting.
Hartos
Jessica
J
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7510, USA. jessica_hartos@nih.gov
Eitel
Patricia
P
Simons-Morton
Bruce
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D016487:Parenting; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012309:Risk-Taking