Prevalence and Profiles of Risky Driving Behavior Among US Teenagers

Johnathon P Ehsani; Michelle L Duren; Brydon J B Grant; Ahmed Sabit; Gayane Yenokyan

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25263

Prevalence and Profiles of Risky Driving Behavior Among US Teenagers

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 1;7(7):e2425263. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25263.

Authors

Johnathon P Ehsani¹, Michelle L Duren¹, Brydon J B Grant^{2

3}, Ahmed Sabit^{4

5}, Gayane Yenokyan^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
³ Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, Iran.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Plain language summary

This survey study updates prevalence data on risky driving behaviors in a nationally representative sample of young people in the US and characterizes profiles of drivers according to the types of risky behaviors they engaged in.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior* / psychology
Automobile Driving* / psychology
Automobile Driving* / statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Risk-Taking*
United States / epidemiology