ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Rethinking Cell Phone Use While Driving: Isolated Risk Behavior or a Pattern of Risk-Taking Associated with Impulsivity in Young Drivers?
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- A contemporary examination of the effect of driver training for reducing crash risk in novice adolescent drivers: protocol for the DRIVER study, a random assignment trial.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Self-harm in adolescence and risk of crash: a 13-year cohort study of novice drivers in New South Wales, Australia.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2023Article
- Texting on a Smartphone While Walking Affects Gait Parameters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Novel use of a virtual driving assessment to classify driver skill at the time of licensure.Transportation research. Part F, Traffic psychology and behaviour · 2022Article
- Driving Performance in Older Adults: Current Measures, Findings, and Implications for Roadway Safety.Innovation in aging · 2022Review
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Abstract
This study examines whether cell phone use stands apart from a general pattern of risky driving practices associated with crashes and impulsivity-related personality traits in young drivers. A retrospective online survey study recruited 384 young drivers from across the United States using Amazon's Mechanical Turk to complete a survey measuring risky driving practices (including cell phone use), history of crashes, and impulsivity-related personality traits. Almost half (44.5%) of the drivers reported being involved in at least one crash, and the majority engaged in cell phone use while driving (up to 73%). Factor analysis and structural equation modeling found that cell phone use loaded highly on a latent factor with other risky driving practices that were associated with prior crashes (
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