Validation of the attention-related driving errors scale in novice adolescent drivers

Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a leading cause of death among adolescents. Identifying factors that contribute to adolescent MVCs is a pressing public health need. Exogenous (cell phones, passengers, music) and endogenous (stress, worry, mind-wandering) forms of driver inattention account for approximately 78% of all MVCs in the United States. Though both exogenous and endogenous distraction contribute to crash risk, prior work investigating adolescent crash risk has largely focused on exogenous distractors. The Attention-Related Driving Errors Scale (ARDES) is a promising measure assessing individual differences in endogenous driver inattention that has been validated in adult drivers. Its validation in an adolescent sample may prove useful in tailoring future interventions to decrease MVC risk in young drivers. This study sought to validate the ARDES in novice adolescent drivers by investigating its underlying factor structure and its relations with self-reported measures of daily inattention, performance-based attention assessments, and a self-report measure of driving behavior. Replicating earlier work in adults, results suggested ARDES items can be classified according to their operational level of the driving. The ARDES had good internal reliability and construct validity, suggesting it is a valid self-report measure of the propensity for adolescents' attentional errors while driving. The ARDES provides a useful tool for researchers to identify adolescents at greater risk of attentional errors while driving. Future research should use the ARDES to better understand the role of driver inattention in adolescent crash risk.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106249
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457521002803
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  • © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Gresham, Bria
  • McManus, Benjamin
  • Mrug, Sylvie
  • Visscher, Kristina
  • Anthony, Thomas
  • Stavrinos, Despina
• Publication Date: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 159
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention lapses; Behavior; Crash causes; Distraction; Driver performance; High risk drivers; Human factors in crashes; Risk assessment; Teenage drivers; Validation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01778074
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 2021 1:43PM