An in-depth look at parent-imposed driving rules: Their strengths and weaknesses

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 547-555

  Hartos, Jessica L ^a   Shattuck, Teresa ^b   Simons Morton, Bruce G ^c   Beck, Kenneth H ^d  

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

^b Shattuck and Associates Inc   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Driving rules; Parent teen agreement; Parent teen concordance; Parenting; Teen driving

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DRIVER LICENSING; EDUCATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; VEHICLES;

DRIVING RULES; PARENT-TEEN AGREEMENT; PARENT-TEEN CONCORDANCE; PARENTING; TEEN DRIVING;

DRIVE-IN FACILITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; MALE; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MARYLAND; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 9244222196     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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