title: A psychosocial model of young adult passengers' intervening in unsafe driving of their friends.
abstract: Young adults are over-represented in motor vehicle crashes and the carrying of same passengers puts them at greater risk of crashing. The current study examined characteristics of the passengers who might play a positive role in reducing friends' crashes by actively engaging in strategies to protect such friends. A psychosocial theoretical model of prosocial behaviour including self-process and contextual cues explained intervening behaviour among primarily novice driver college students (n=242) with the exception of the self-process, perspective taking. The results of this study provide support for countermeasure development that accounts for the positive role of peers to increase road safety, and reduce the incidence of crashes, among young adults.
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety-Qld, K Block, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia. ld.buckley@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D012449:Safety; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult