Parents’ self-efficacy and the quality of supervised driving practice they provide for their children

David Rodwell; Lyndel Bates; Grégoire S. Larue; Barry Watson; Narelle Haworth

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2022.04.006

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Parents’ self-efficacy and the quality of supervised driving practice they provide for their children

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Parents’ self-efficacy and the quality of supervised driving practice they provide for their children

David Rodwell, Lyndel Bates, Grégoire S. Larue, Barry Watson and Narelle Haworth

Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.87, pp.189-202

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.04.006

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Driver education

Driver training

Father

Learner driver

Mother

Graduated Driver Licensing

GDL

teen driver

Learner drivers must gain supervised driving practice in a wide variety of driving situations to prepare them for independent driving. This study investigated the way that sociodemographic factors, parental self-efficacy and driving self-efficacy of parents are associated with the quality of supervised driving practice they provide to their learner driver children. An online survey was completed by 293 fully licensed parents (female = 86%) of learner (52%) and provisional (intermediate; 48%) drivers from Queensland, Australia. A variable indicating quality of supervised practice was defined based on the understanding that higher frequency and greater variety of driving situations and environments represents higher quality supervised practice. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyse parent responses. As predicted, driving self-efficacy was significantly and positively associated with quality of supervised practice. However, no significant association was found between parental self-efficacy and quality of supervised practice. Parent gender and perceived level of involvement were also important predictors of supervised practice quality. The association between previous experience with providing supervised practice and supervised practice quality was unclear. A key implication of this research is that devising methods to improve the driving self-efficacy of parents may contribute to provision of more frequent and varied supervised practice.

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Title: Parents’ self-efficacy and the quality of supervised driving practice they provide for their children
Authors: David Rodwell (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Lyndel Bates (Author) - Griffith University
Grégoire S. Larue (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Barry Watson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Narelle Haworth (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.87, pp.189-202
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2022.04.006
ISSN: 1873-5517
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Road Safety Research Collaboration
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99679186702621
Output Type: Journal article

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