TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent exposure to drink driving as a predictor of young adults' drink driving
AU - Evans-Whipp, Tracy J.
AU - Plenty, Stephanie M.
AU - Toumbourou, John W.
AU - Olsson, Craig
AU - Rowland, Bosco
AU - Hemphill, Sheryl A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to express our gratitude to the participants of the International Youth Development Study. Further information is available from the IYDS website ( http://www.iyds.org ). The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( R01-DA012140 ) for the International Youth Development Study initial data collection and the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse ( R01AA017188-01 ) for analysis of the data. Continued data collection in Victoria, Australia has been supported by three Australian Research Council Discovery Projects ( DPO663371 , DPO877359 , and DP1095744 ) and an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council grant (NHMRC; project number 594793). The IYDS was also supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support program . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsors.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of exposure to others' drink driving during adolescence on self-reported driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol in young adulthood. Data were drawn from 1956 participants with a driving license enrolled in the International Youth Development Study from Victoria, Australia. During 2003 and 2004, adolescents in Grades 7, 9 and 10 (aged 12-17) completed questionnaires examining whether they had ridden in a vehicle with a driver who had been drinking, as well as other demographic, individual, peer and family risk factors for DUI. In 2010, the same participants (aged 18-24) then reported on their own DUI behaviour. 18% of young adults with a driving license reported DUI in the past 12 months. Exposure to others' drink driving during adolescence was associated with an increased likelihood of DUI as a young adult (OR = 2.13, 95% CI 1.68-2.69). This association remained after accounting for the effects of other potential confounding factors from the individual, peer and family domains (OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.23-2.13). Observing the drink driving behaviours of others during adolescence may increase the likelihood of DUI as a young adult. Strategies to reduce youth exposure to drink driving are warranted.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of exposure to others' drink driving during adolescence on self-reported driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol in young adulthood. Data were drawn from 1956 participants with a driving license enrolled in the International Youth Development Study from Victoria, Australia. During 2003 and 2004, adolescents in Grades 7, 9 and 10 (aged 12-17) completed questionnaires examining whether they had ridden in a vehicle with a driver who had been drinking, as well as other demographic, individual, peer and family risk factors for DUI. In 2010, the same participants (aged 18-24) then reported on their own DUI behaviour. 18% of young adults with a driving license reported DUI in the past 12 months. Exposure to others' drink driving during adolescence was associated with an increased likelihood of DUI as a young adult (OR = 2.13, 95% CI 1.68-2.69). This association remained after accounting for the effects of other potential confounding factors from the individual, peer and family domains (OR = 1.62, 95% CI 1.23-2.13). Observing the drink driving behaviours of others during adolescence may increase the likelihood of DUI as a young adult. Strategies to reduce youth exposure to drink driving are warranted.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Alcohol
KW - Drink driving
KW - Driving under the influence
KW - Riding with drinking driver
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aap.2012.11.016
DO - 10.1016/j.aap.2012.11.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 23246711
AN - SCOPUS:84870898576
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 51
SP - 185
EP - 191
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
ER -
