Injunctive Norms and Driving Under the Influence and Riding With an Impaired Driver Among Young Adults in Washington State.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Alcohol- and cannabis-impaired driving behaviors remain a public health concern especially among young adults (i.e., ages 18-25). Limited updates to prevention efforts for these behaviors may be due, in part, to limited understanding of malleable psychosocial predictors. The current study assessed associations between perceived injunctive norms (i.e., acceptability) of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI-A) and cannabis (DUI-C), and riding with a driver under the influence of alcohol (RWI-A) and cannabis (RWI-C) in Washington State young adults.

Methods

Participants included 1,941 young adults from the 2019 cohort of the Washington Young Adult Health Survey. Weighted logistic regressions assessed the associations between peer injunctive norms and impaired dri

SUBMITTER: Hultgren BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature