Efficacy of a brief group parent-teen intervention in driver education to reduce teenage driver injury risk: A pilot study

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-188

  Zakrajsek, Jennifer S ^a   Shope, Jean T ^a   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^b   Wang, Jing ^b   Simons Morton, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Driver education; Driving restrictions; Group intervention; Parent management practices; Teen driving risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549130090     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318199482c     Document Type: Article

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