Simulated Driving Performance, Self-Reported Driving Behaviors, and Mental Health Symptoms in Adolescent Novice Drivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risky driving behaviors contribute to adolescent injury, disability, and death, yet little is known about how mental health factors are associated with adolescent driving behaviors.

Objectives

The purpose of the research was to determine the association of risky driving behaviors and mental health symptoms in novice adolescent drivers.

Methods

We recruited a convenience sample (n = 60) of adolescents to complete an assessment of driving performance errors in a high-fidelity simulator (Simulated Driving Assessment [SDA] Error Score) and a self-report measure of risky driving (Behavior of Young Novice Drivers Survey [BYNDS]). Participants also completed a mental health assessment of self-reported symptoms of depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depres

SUBMITTER: McDonald CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5926816 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature