Journal article
Police-led, school-based driver education: a pre- and post-comparison of young driver self-reported behaviour and intentions including gender differences
Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Vol.23(2), pp.174-189
2021
Abstract
This study examined the effects of a police-led, school-based young driver education program on the future driving intentions of young, novice drivers. The participants were 294 final-year high school students from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland (Australia). The study employed a pre- and post-survey design that measured self-reported driving behaviour, sensation seeking, and self-reported future driving intentions of young drivers.
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-tests between pre- and post-responses identified statistically significant positive changes in young driver intentions after the program when compared to their previously self-reported behaviours. Further analysis of the changes between the pre- and post-surveys demonstrate that the LAW program has a greater effect on female participants and those with higher levels of sensation seeking. The findings of this study indicate that police-led, school-based driver education programs may be an effective way of altering the driving intentions of young novice drivers and in turn promoting greater road safety.
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- Title
- Police-led, school-based driver education: a pre- and post-comparison of young driver self-reported behaviour and intentions including gender differences
- Authors
- Levi Anderson (Corresponding Author) - Griffith UniversityLyndel Bates (Author) - Griffith UniversityNatasha S Madon (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Vol.23(2), pp.174-189
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1057/s41300-021-00110-4
- ISSN
- 1743-4629
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Road Safety Research Collaboration
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99642377702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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