{"id":1973,"date":"2019-11-04T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T04:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2019-11-11T13:26:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T03:26:18","slug":"the-effect-of-psychosocial-factors-on-perceptions-of-driver-education-using-the-goals-for-driver-education-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/2019\/11\/04\/the-effect-of-psychosocial-factors-on-perceptions-of-driver-education-using-the-goals-for-driver-education-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"The effect of psychosocial factors on perceptions of driver education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.griffith.edu.au\/8740-lyndel-bates\">Lyndel Bates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This brief is based on the following paper:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates, L., Hawkins, A., Rodwell, D., Anderson, L., Watson, B., Filtness, A. &amp; Larue, G. 2019, <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1369847819302189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The effect of psychosocial factors on perceptions of driver education using the Goals for Driver Education framework (opens in a new tab)\">The effect of psychosocial factors on perceptions of driver education using the Goals for Driver Education framework<\/a>, <em>Transportation Research Part F<\/em>: <em>Traffic Psychology and Behaviour<\/em>, 66, 151-161.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What problem does your research address? Why is this significant?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people experience higher rates of deaths and injuries\nfrom crashes when compared with older drivers (McCartt, Mayhew, Braitman, Ferguson, &amp; Simpson, 2009). Driver education and\ntraining is one countermeasure suggested to reduce these crashes. However,\nresearch has failed to identify that professional driver education and training\nis more beneficial for young drivers, over and above private instruction (Bates, Filtness, &amp; Watson, 2018; Beanland, Goode, Salmon, &amp;\nLenne, 2013).\nIt is possible that identifying how psychosocial factors affect perceptions in\ndriver education may contribute to improved driver education program design,\ncontent and implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did you conduct\nyour research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An online survey was completed by 114 young drivers (M =\n17.89 years, SD = 0.85) who had attended a driver education course within the\npast three years. The survey collected information regarding age, gender,\nperceptions of the benefits of driver education at each of four levels within\nthe Goals for Driver Education framework and four psychosocial factors: driver\nthrill seeking, normlessness, attitudes to driver risk taking and positive\nattitudes to speeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are your major\nfindings?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychosocial factors do affect young driver perceptions of\ndriver education and training. Individuals that had higher levels of thrill\nseeking believed it was beneficial for driver education to focus on vehicle\nmanoeuvring, mastery of traffic situations and the goals and contexts for\ndriving. Individuals with higher levels of normlessness thought it would\nbeneficial for training to include information about the goals and contexts of\ndriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does your research mean for policy and practice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings of this study suggest that the way driver\neducation and training is approached may need further consideration. For\ninstance, there may be a need to personalise education as much as possible to\ntake into account various individualised psychosocial factors. One method of\ndoing this may involve designing and delivering driver education programs\nthrough more flexible options such as through an online program that measures\nattitudes and psychosocial in the early components of an intervention. The\nprogram is then adjusted to individualise it for each participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates, L.,\nFiltness, A., &amp; Watson, B. (2018). Driver Education and Licensing Programs.\nIn D. Lord &amp; S. Washington (Eds.), <em>Safe\nMobility: Background, Challenges and Solutions<\/em>. Bingley: Emerald Group\nPublishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beanland, V., Goode, N., Salmon, P., &amp; Lenne, M. (2013). Is\nthere a case for driver training? A review of the efficacy of pre- and\npost-licence driver training. <em>Safety\nScience, 51<\/em>, 127-137. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCartt, A., Mayhew, D., Braitman, K., Ferguson, S. A., &amp;\nSimpson, H. (2009). Effects of age and experience on young driver crashes:\nReview of recent literature. <em>Traffic\nInjury Prevention, 10<\/em>(3), 209-219. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lyndel Bates This brief is based on the following paper: Bates, L., Hawkins, A., Rodwell, D., Anderson, L., Watson, B., Filtness, A. &amp; Larue, G. 2019, The effect of psychosocial factors on perceptions of driver education using the Goals for Driver Education framework, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 66, 151-161. What<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/2019\/11\/04\/the-effect-of-psychosocial-factors-on-perceptions-of-driver-education-using-the-goals-for-driver-education-framework\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The effect of psychosocial factors on perceptions of driver education&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,74],"tags":[75,76],"class_list":["post-1973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefs","category-driver-education","tag-driver-education","tag-road-safety"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Keiran Hardy","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_770317015.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLK1-vP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2191,"url":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/2020\/01\/20\/young-drivers-deterrence-theory-and-punishment-avoidance-a-qualitative-exploration\/","url_meta":{"origin":1973,"position":0},"title":"Young drivers, deterrence theory and punishment avoidance: A qualitative exploration","author":"Keiran Hardy","date":"January 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"By Lyndel Bates and Levi Anderson This brief is based on the following paper: Bates, L. & Anderson, L. 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