The Effect of Group-Adapted Motivational Interviewing on Traffic Convictions and Driving Behaviors of Court-Adjudicated Youth

To evaluate the effect of a 20-hour prevention program (The Reducing Dangerous Driving Program, RYDD) in reducing traffic citation recidivism and high-risk driving behaviors among 16- to 20-year-olds referred by the Rhode Island courts for traffic citation events. Participants were randomized to receive either the Adapted Group Motivational Interviewing (AGMI) or the Community Service (CS) arm of the study. Participants completed a survey at baseline and at 6 and 12 months post-RYDD completion. Objective court data on post-RYDD traffic event citations were also collected. There were no significant differences between the groups on measures of high-risk driving behaviors and post-RYDD traffic event citation recidivism at the 12-month follow-up assessment. There remains a need to develop and test behavioral interventions that could address high-risk driving behaviors and associated motor vehicle crash (MVC) risk in this population. Further research is needed to determine whether group behavioral interventions that use motivational interviewing could be a possible mechanism for changing high-risk behaviors, traffic citation recidivism, and the associated risks that these pose for MVCs among young drivers.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2012.734666
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/49192340
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Baird, Janette
  • Nirenberg, Ted D.
  • Longabaugh, Richard
  • Mello, Michael J.
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 572-577
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1538-9588
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior modification; Group dynamics; High risk drivers; Motivation; Penalties; Recidivism; Teenage drivers; Traffic citations; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: Rhode Island
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502639
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 2 2013 3:05PM