The Effect of Family Climate on the Self-Reported Risky Driving Behavior of Young Novice Drivers
The aim of the study was to examine the relative importance of a young novice driver’s family climate on their driving behavior. Young novice drivers between the age of 17 and 24, who held their temporary (or permanent) driver’s license for no longer than one year, participated. The participants completed a survey in which their family climate was questioned together with 3 socio-cognitive determinants (i.e. attitude, locus of control and peer compliance). The results showed that family climate indeed is a significant predictor of risky driving behavior, even though the impact mainly originated from one factor. In addition, the results confirmed the importance of other external and internal determinants, to the degree that the socio-cognitive determinants significantly predicted the risky driving behavior of the young novice drivers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB30 Operator Education and Regulation. Alternate title: Effect of Family Climate on Self-Reported Risky Driving Behavior of Young Novice Drivers
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Authors:
- Carpentier, Aline
- Brijs, Kris
- Brijs, Tom
- Daniels, Stijn
- Wets, Geert
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 16p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Parents; Recently qualified drivers; Risk taking; Social factors; Young adults
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01519515
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4484
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:07AM