The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles

[EN]Young people are almost twice as likely to die in traffic crashes than are middle aged people (ages 40 to 60). It remains crucial to assess what factors catalyse young people’s non-adaptive driving behaviours. In this study, we adapted the SDCaF (Safe Driving Climate among Friends) and RPI (Resi...

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Autores: Padilla, Jose-Luis, Sánchez Hernández, Nuria, Doncel, Pablo, Navarro-González, M. Carmen, Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit, Castro, Candida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Driving styles
Road safety
Young drivers
Peer pressure
Validation
Motorcyclists
Offspring drivers
6114 Psicología social
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spelling The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving StylesPadilla, Jose-LuisSánchez Hernández, NuriaDoncel, PabloNavarro-González, M. CarmenTaubman - Ben-Ari, OritCastro, CandidaDriving stylesRoad safetyYoung driversPeer pressureValidationMotorcyclistsOffspring drivers6114 Psicología social[EN]Young people are almost twice as likely to die in traffic crashes than are middle aged people (ages 40 to 60). It remains crucial to assess what factors catalyse young people’s non-adaptive driving behaviours. In this study, we adapted the SDCaF (Safe Driving Climate among Friends) and RPI (Resistance to Peer Influence) scales to the driving context in Spain, and measured their relationship with the Driving Styles (DS) of young Spanish drivers (using the Spanish version of the Multidimensional Driving Styles Inventory, MDSI). A sample of young Spanish drivers (n = 459; age 18–25) completed an online questionnaire comprised of the Spanish versions of the SDCaF, RPI and MDSI scales, sociodemographic variables, driving habits and history. Evidence of the factorial structure of the Spanish version of the SDCaF scale coincides with those of the original version: the tetra-factorial model of the SDCaF scale obtained adequate values for the adjustment indices of the 4 factors; 2 are maladaptive (Peer pressure and Cost of driving with others) and 2 adaptive (Communication on traffic issues and Commitment to safe driving). The estimated reliability of the SDCaF scale reached acceptable values above (α ordinal greater than 0.80) except for the Communication factor (α = 0.76). Furthermore, evidence of the structure of the Spanish version of the RPI scale coincides with that of the original version, unifactorial model. The estimated reliability of the RPI scale reached acceptable values (α ordinal = 0.81). Most of the SDCaF’s relationships with RPI and MDSI measures were as theoretically expected. The MDSI’s maladaptive DS (Reckless, Aggressive and Distracted) correlated positively with the SDCaF’s factors of Peer Pressure and Cost for driving with friends. The opposite occurred for the MDSI’s adaptive DS (Careful and Stress Reduction). SDCaF Pressure and Cost factors correlated negatively with Resistance to Peer Pressure, whereas SDCaF Communication and Commitment factors correlated positively. We found clear differences by sex: Scores were higher on the Pressure factor when the driver was a man, when the passengers were men and when driving to a party. On the other hand, the scores were higher in the Communication and Commitment factors when the driver was a woman, the passengers were women and when driving somewhere other than a party. In conclusion, we obtained quality translated instruments and provided support for their connection with maladaptive driving to evaluate the reckless driving of young people.Elsevier202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/156497reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1564972026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
title The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
spellingShingle The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
Padilla, Jose-Luis
Driving styles
Road safety
Young drivers
Peer pressure
Validation
Motorcyclists
Offspring drivers
6114 Psicología social
title_short The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
title_full The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
title_fullStr The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
title_full_unstemmed The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
title_sort The young male driving problem: Relationship between Safe Driving Climate among Friends, Peer Pressure and Driving Styles
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Padilla, Jose-Luis
Sánchez Hernández, Nuria
Doncel, Pablo
Navarro-González, M. Carmen
Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit
Castro, Candida
author Padilla, Jose-Luis
author_facet Padilla, Jose-Luis
Sánchez Hernández, Nuria
Doncel, Pablo
Navarro-González, M. Carmen
Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit
Castro, Candida
author_role author
author2 Sánchez Hernández, Nuria
Doncel, Pablo
Navarro-González, M. Carmen
Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit
Castro, Candida
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Driving styles
Road safety
Young drivers
Peer pressure
Validation
Motorcyclists
Offspring drivers
6114 Psicología social
topic Driving styles
Road safety
Young drivers
Peer pressure
Validation
Motorcyclists
Offspring drivers
6114 Psicología social
description [EN]Young people are almost twice as likely to die in traffic crashes than are middle aged people (ages 40 to 60). It remains crucial to assess what factors catalyse young people’s non-adaptive driving behaviours. In this study, we adapted the SDCaF (Safe Driving Climate among Friends) and RPI (Resistance to Peer Influence) scales to the driving context in Spain, and measured their relationship with the Driving Styles (DS) of young Spanish drivers (using the Spanish version of the Multidimensional Driving Styles Inventory, MDSI). A sample of young Spanish drivers (n = 459; age 18–25) completed an online questionnaire comprised of the Spanish versions of the SDCaF, RPI and MDSI scales, sociodemographic variables, driving habits and history. Evidence of the factorial structure of the Spanish version of the SDCaF scale coincides with those of the original version: the tetra-factorial model of the SDCaF scale obtained adequate values for the adjustment indices of the 4 factors; 2 are maladaptive (Peer pressure and Cost of driving with others) and 2 adaptive (Communication on traffic issues and Commitment to safe driving). The estimated reliability of the SDCaF scale reached acceptable values above (α ordinal greater than 0.80) except for the Communication factor (α = 0.76). Furthermore, evidence of the structure of the Spanish version of the RPI scale coincides with that of the original version, unifactorial model. The estimated reliability of the RPI scale reached acceptable values (α ordinal = 0.81). Most of the SDCaF’s relationships with RPI and MDSI measures were as theoretically expected. The MDSI’s maladaptive DS (Reckless, Aggressive and Distracted) correlated positively with the SDCaF’s factors of Peer Pressure and Cost for driving with friends. The opposite occurred for the MDSI’s adaptive DS (Careful and Stress Reduction). SDCaF Pressure and Cost factors correlated negatively with Resistance to Peer Pressure, whereas SDCaF Communication and Commitment factors correlated positively. We found clear differences by sex: Scores were higher on the Pressure factor when the driver was a man, when the passengers were men and when driving to a party. On the other hand, the scores were higher in the Communication and Commitment factors when the driver was a woman, the passengers were women and when driving somewhere other than a party. In conclusion, we obtained quality translated instruments and provided support for their connection with maladaptive driving to evaluate the reckless driving of young people.
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