Gender Differences Among Young Drivers in the Association Between High-Risk Driving and Substance Use/Environmental Influences

The authors' primary objective is assessing gender differences among young drivers in associations between high-risk driving behavior and substance use/environmental influences. The authors determine the association of high risk driving behavior and self-reported substance use/environmental influences among 12th graders, quantifiable through numbers of single-vehicle and other crashes, and serious and other offenses on state driving records during the first 4 years of licensure of subjects (N=3,607; 51% male). Women generally showed stronger associations between substance use/environmental influences and high-risk driving than men. Women had fewer risky-driving incidents than men, when matched with substance use profiles. Results indicate that there is more deviation from the general population of young women among young women exhibiting high-risk driving behavior with respect to marijuana and alcohol use and misuse than deviation from the general population of young men among young men exhibiting high-risk driving behavior. Additional findings indicate that women would likely remain lower risk drivers even if eventually equal substance use levels would be maintained by young men and women. Results suggest that prevention programs considering these gender differences and future research for differential association understanding are needed.

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• Authors:
  • Elliott, Michael R
  • Shope, Jean T
  • Raghunathan, Trivellore E
  • Waller, Patricia F
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 252-260
• Serial:
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  • ISSN: 0096-882X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Crashes; Drug abuse; Environment; Gender; High risk drivers; Marijuana; Offenders; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Differences; Younger drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055378
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2007 1:00PM