Associations between parenting styles and teen driving, safety-related behaviors and attitudes

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1040-1051

  Ginsburg, Kenneth R ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b   García España, J Felipe ^a   Kalicka, Ewa A ^a   Winston, Flaura K ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Adolescent; Authoritative parenting; Driving safety; Motor vehicle crashes; Parenting; Parenting style; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITARIANISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; PERMISSIVENESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349728519     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3037     Document Type: Article

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