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Journal article
Predicting self-reported drink driving among middle-aged women
Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.101, pp.154-159
2017
Abstract
A substantial and sustained increase in the proportion of drink drivers that is female is observed in many parts of the motorised world. Given this trend, a better understanding of the factors that influence drink driving among women is needed. The current study investigated drink driving among middle-aged women, a relatively under-researched group of female drink drivers. A total of 781 women (age; M = 51.36, SD = 4.29 years) completed a cross-sectional survey measuring a number of alcohol beliefs and drink driving. Among the included alcohol beliefs, viewing alcohol as a form of social enhancement as well as higher perceived heavy episodic drinking among same-aged women and greater acceptability toward this consumption pattern significantly increased the likelihood of self-reported drink driving. However, after adjusting for harmful consumption patterns, only alcohol as form of social enhancement remained significant. These results indicate that middle-aged women who engage in harmful alcohol consumption are more likely to drink drive, but also that the social aspect of drinking is a risk factor. Targeting both harmful consumption patterns as well as alcohol beliefs that are held by middle-aged women may reduce the incidence of drink driving in this group.
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- Title
- Predicting self-reported drink driving among middle-aged women
- Authors
- Hanna Watling (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKerry Ann Armstrong (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.101, pp.154-159
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.008
- ISSN
- 0001-4575; 0001-4575
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451491002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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