Attitudes on technological, social, and behavioral economic strategies to reduce cellphone use among teens while driving.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The majority of U.S. teens admit to handheld cellphone use while driving, an increasingly common cause of crashes. Attitudes toward novel cellphone applications and settings that block use while driving are poorly understood, potentially limiting uptake. We examined teens' willingness to reduce cellphone use while driving and perceptions of potential strategies to limit this behavior.

Methods

Teen drivers (n = 153) aged 16-17 who owned smartphones and admitted to texting while driving completed an online survey. Survey instruments measured willingness to give up cellphone use and perceptions of technological and behavioral economic strategies to reduce cellphone use while driving. We used chi-square tests to test the hypothesis that willingness to give up certain t

SUBMITTER: Delgado MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6215497 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature