Reckless driving in adolescence: ‘State’ and ‘trait’ factors

Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen; Offer, Daniel; Fine, Mark A.

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(97)87007-8

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“…Little is known about adolescent anger and how it might affect adherence behavior. It may be that nonadherence with medication is a form of risk-taking behavior, and that the relationship of anger and risk-taking among adolescent transplant recipients is similar to that observed in studies of risky sexual behavior (73), reckless driving (74), and alcohol use (75) among adolescents.…”

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confidence: 73%

Psychological Distress and Adherence to the Medical Regimen Among Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients

Penkower¹,

Dew²,

Ellis³

et al. 2003

American Journal of Transplantation

103

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This longitudinal pilot study of adolescent renal transplant recipients (a) describes the prevalence of psychological distress, (b) describes the prevalence of nonadherence, and (c) explores the association between the recipient's psychological distress and his/her subsequent medical adherence. Twenty-two adolescents, aged 13-18 years, completed two interviews that were separated by approximately 12 months. Psychological distress was assessed in three domains: symptoms of depression, anxiety, and anger. Adherence was assessed in three domains: medication taking, blood work, and clinic attendance. At the initial interview, 36.4% had symptoms of depression, 36.4% endorsed anxiety, and 18.2% endorsed excessive state anger. Non-adherence rates were 13.6% for medication, 22.7% for blood work, and 50% for missed clinic. At the second interview, nonadherence with medication remained the same and the other domains decreased. Our small pilot sample, however, limited our ability to detect statistically significant changes over time. Predictive analyses demonstrated that adolescents with excessive anger were at greater risk for subsequently missing medications than adolescents without excessive anger. These findings suggest that while symptoms of depression and anxiety are observed among some adolescents with renal transplants, only anger is associated with elevated risk for nonadherence with medication.

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confidence: 73%

Psychological Distress and Adherence to the Medical Regimen Among Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients

Penkower¹,

Dew²,

Ellis³

et al. 2003

American Journal of Transplantation

103

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“…According to Dahlen et al [13], a driver with a high sensation seeking trait likes to drive at or above the designated speed limit. This driving behaviour was reported to be the main culprit in traffic accidents [14], [15].…”

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confidence: 95%

“…[17]), angry and hostile driving style (e.g. [14]), and patient and careful driving style (e.g. [16]).…”

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The identification of Malaysian driving styles using the multidimensional driving style inventory

Karjanto

Yusof

Terken³

et al. 2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract.A study was conducted to investigate the driving styles within the geographical region of Malaysia. The first part of the study determined Malaysian drivers' driving styles using the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory approach. Respondents had various backgrounds in terms of age, gender and experience of driving. A statistical factor analysis was done for 338 respondents revealing four driving styles; careful, risky, anxiousdissociative and angry. In addition, a comparison with previous findings from Netherlands and Israel was also done in this study. The next part of the study focused on the associations of these driving styles with two personality traits (sensation seeking and desire for control), sociodemographic factors and experience of driving. The last part of the paper discusses the relevance of the study against the background of future automotive development.

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“…Several studies reviewed by Jonah (1997) have shown that high sensation seeking is related to drinking and driving in the young driver population (e.g., Arnett, 1990;Arnett, Offer, & Fine, 1997;Johnson & Raskin White, 1989;Lastovicka, Murray, Jochimsthaler, Bhalla, & Scheurich, 1987;McMillen, Adams, Wells-Parker, Pang, & Anderson, 1992;McMillen, Pang, WellsParker, & Anderson, 1991;. In the population of college age and younger drivers, these studies have shown that self-reported impaired drivers, drivers convicted of multiple DWI, and those arrested for DWI following a collision or violation score significantly higher on the SSS than those in comparison groups.…”

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“…In his summary of this work, Jonah (1997) concluded that this relationship is weaker for females than for males and that it may decline with age. Studies that have investigated sensation seeking and speeding have generally found a positive relationship between scores on the SSS and driving speed (e.g., Arnett, Offer, & Fine, 1997;Clement & Jonah, 1984;Heino, van den Molen, & Wilde, 1992;Jonah, Thiessen, Au-Yeung, & Vincent, 1997;Lajunen & Summala, 1996;Zuckerman & Neeb, 1980). Collectively, these studies have found that scores on the SSS are positively correlated with self-reported driving speeds, simulator driving speeds, and actual driving speeds; that is, the faster people drive, the higher their score on the SSS.…”

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Matching Traffic Safety Strategies to Youth Characteristics: A Literature Review of Cognitive Development

Eby¹,

Molnar²

1998

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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In an effort to reduce the high crash rate and resulting injuries of young drivers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has sponsored research to assess the factors responsible for this heightened crash risk and to determine the implications for traffic safety programs. As part of this research, this review of research literature was conducted to determine what is known about cognitive development and information processing capabilities of youth. The goal of the project was to ascertain how traffic safety programs should be structured to match these cognitive characteristics. The review is divided into 12 sections. This literature review focuses primarily on cognitive development from about 10 to 24 years of age. The first section is about memory; that is, the processes that allow a person to retain knowledge over time. The second section, attention, discusses the factors related to the development of how people focus cognitive resources on perceptual or mental tasks, including selective, divided, and sustained attention. The third section, learning, discusses the processes by which people acquire information. The fourth section, reasoning, discusses types of reasoning and the problems young people have with this type of thinking. The fifth section, motivation, examines the factors that initiate and influence the intensity of behaviors. The sixth section, is a discussion of the development of risk perception and factors that contribute to the misperception of risk. The seventh section discusses the development of problem solving and decision making in a general way. While influenced by all other cognitive factors and their age-related limitations, general deficits of problem solving and decision making ability are discussed. The eight section, social cognition, covers those topics in the development of social cognition that are likely to have an effect on driving: attribution theory and social schemata/scripts. The ninth section, attitude formation and change, discusses several factors related to attitudes and persuasion. The tenth section examines briefly the development of verbal ability, that is, all use of language. Because many traffic safety messages and programs deal with moral issues in driving, the AcknowledgmentsThis project was sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Several individuals provided valuable insight and feedback on this literature review. A group of talented people served as subject-matter experts. This group of experts suggested literature review topics and studies, read and commented on several versions of this manuscript, and participated in a 1-day meeting to discuss the issues involved with cognitive development and traffic safety messages and programs for youth. We thank them for their generous and worthwhile efforts. The people in this group were: Allen Bard, Douglas Bierness, Jacquelynne Eccles, John Hagen, Brian Jonah, Patrick O'Malley, John Palmer, David Rosen, J. Frank Yates, and Marc Z...

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Reckless driving in adolescence: ‘State’ and ‘trait’ factors

Cited by 242 publications

References 17 publications

Psychological Distress and Adherence to the Medical Regimen Among Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients

Psychological Distress and Adherence to the Medical Regimen Among Adolescent Renal Transplant Recipients

The identification of Malaysian driving styles using the multidimensional driving style inventory

Matching Traffic Safety Strategies to Youth Characteristics: A Literature Review of Cognitive Development

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