Association between higher-order driving instruction and risky driving behaviours: Exploring the mediating effects of a self-regulated safety orientation

Natalie Watson-Brown; Bridie Scott-Parker; Teresa Senserrick

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2019.07.005

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Association between higher-order driving instruction and risky driving behaviours: Exploring the mediating effects of a self-regulated safety orientation

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Association between higher-order driving instruction and risky driving behaviours: Exploring the mediating effects of a self-regulated safety orientation

Natalie Watson-Brown, Bridie Scott-Parker and Teresa Senserrick

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.131, pp.275-283

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.07.005

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professional driving instruction

learner drivers

higher-order instruction

self-determination theory

self-regulation

risky driving behaviors

Adolescents' risky driving behaviours contribute to their over-representation in road trauma. Higher-order driving instruction is suggested to reduce such behaviours. To sustain positive behaviours in the long-term, self-determination theory identifies self-regulation as fundamental. The current research explored associations between higher-order driving instruction, risky driving behaviours, and a self-regulated safety orientation. Learner drivers (n = 544), aged 16-19 years, responded to a 91-item survey. Self-regulated safety orientation was found to fully mediate the relationship between higher-order driving instruction and inattentive risky driving behaviours, and between anticipatory higher-order driving instruction and intentional risky driving behaviours. A partial mediation was found between self-regulatory higher-order instruction and intentional risky driving behaviours. These results support that higher-order driving instruction, delivered to develop a self-regulated safety orientation, has potential to reduce young novice drivers' risky driving behaviours. Further research is recommended to triangulate these results through direct observation and longitudinal evaluation.

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Title: Association between higher-order driving instruction and risky driving behaviours: Exploring the mediating effects of a self-regulated safety orientation
Authors: Natalie Watson-Brown (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Bridie Scott-Parker (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Teresa Senserrick (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.131, pp.275-283
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2019.07.005
ISSN: 0001-4575
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450899502621
Output Type: Journal article

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