Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2021 Apr;77(4):1131-1148. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23109. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
Extensive literature assesses risky adolescent driving, but nothing examines what makes teens avoid driving. Many assume teenagers are eager to drive, but evidence suggests internalizing symptoms lead some to avoid driving.
This study tested whether depressive and anxious symptomology predicted longitudinal driving avoidance in novice teen drivers.
N = 56 16-year-olds (52% female; 48% Black/African American) completed three observations over 6 months. At Time 1, participants reported depressive (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression 10-item Scale) and anxious (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale) symptomologies, and driving avoidance (Driving Habits Questionnaire [DHQ]), repeating DHQ at Times 2 and 3. Multiple linear regression tested whether symptomologies predicted avoidance at licensure. Linear mixed models tested associations between symptomologies and avoidance over time.
High anxiety predicted greater avoidance at baseline and over 6 months. Depressive symptoms did not predict avoidance.
Findings warrant an assessment of anxious adolescents' barriers to driving and avoidance impacts on crash risk.
大量文献评估了青少年的危险驾驶行为，但没有研究是什么促使青少年避免驾驶。许多人认为青少年渴望驾驶，但有证据表明，内化的症状会导致一些人避免驾驶。
本研究测试了抑郁和焦虑症状是否预测新手青少年司机的纵向驾驶回避。
N = 56 名 16 岁青少年（52%女性；48%黑人/非裔美国人）在 6 个月内进行了三次观察。在第 1 次时，参与者报告了抑郁（流行病学研究中心抑郁 10 项量表）和焦虑（广泛性焦虑症 7 项量表）症状，以及驾驶回避（驾驶习惯问卷 [DHQ]），在第 2 次和第 3 次时重复了 DHQ。多元线性回归测试了症状学是否预测许可时的回避。线性混合模型测试了症状与随时间推移的回避之间的关联。
高焦虑症预测了基线和 6 个月内更高的回避率。抑郁症状与回避无关。
这些发现证明有必要评估焦虑青少年的驾驶障碍以及回避对事故风险的影响。
