Perceived risk and other predictors and correlates of teenagers' safety belt use during the first year of licensure

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a   Morton, Bruce Simons ^a   Noelcke, Elizabeth A ^a   Williams, Allan F ^b   Leaf, William A ^c   Preusser, David F ^c   Hartos, Jessica L ^d  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Preusser Research Group Inc ^*

^c Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Protection Motivation Theory; Risk Perception; Seat Belt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749102560     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701638793     Document Type: Article

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