STTR Phase I: Educational Gaming for Teen Driver Safety

这个小企业技术转让(STTR)第一阶段项目将开发一系列理论上有基础、基于证据的多人游戏中的第一个，旨在解决青少年的主要健康风险-机动车碰撞。这一STTR将提供一种新的模式，将青少年驾驶安全方面的发现转化为驾驶员教育，以捕捉通过经验获得的难以表达的知识方面，即默会知识。我们的研究已经转化为一个理论上站稳脚跟、被证明有效的计划--像朋友一样乘车(RLAF)，以降低同行乘客的风险。这项新研究的长期目标是利用我们的基础科学和专业知识开发一套理论驱动的、经过评估的游戏，以促进青少年的安全驾驶行为。作为第一步，这个STTR将开发和评估一个RLAF游戏原型。多人策略游戏为青少年提供了一个独特的机会来体验他们驾驶决定的影响，特别是乘客互动。这些发现不仅将促进驾驶培训领域的发展，还将促进对青少年进行其他健康行为的教育。除了导师计划之外，这种类型的知识很少针对明确的指导。我们将展示实施正式的经验知识培训在改善青少年对其安全、健康和社交互动进行推理和决策的方式方面的好处，特别是与缺乏榜样来传递健康和有效策略的青少年相关。这个项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力包括将关于青少年驾驶风险的科学研究，特别是来自同伴乘客的危险，转化为游戏，为教育工作者和青少年提供改善青少年驾驶安全的机会。车祸仍然是青少年伤亡的主要原因，每年造成3000多人死亡，100倍的受伤人数，以及超过140亿美元的相关成本。CHOP/CChIPS一直处于研究的前沿，致力于了解可能是青少年乘客驾驶风险根源的社会压力、发展认知限制和缺乏经验的组合，这项STTR将把这一科学基础转化为游戏，当商业化和分发时，将提高青少年司机的安全。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will develop the first in a series of theoretically grounded, evidence-based multi-player games designed to address the leading health risk to teens - motor vehicle crashes. This STTR will provide a new model for translating discoveries in teen driver safety to driver education that captures the difficult to articulate aspects of knowledge that are gained through experience, i.e. tacit knowledge. Our research has been translated into a theoretically grounded, demonstrated efficacious program, Ride Like a Friend (RLAF), to reduce risk from peer passengers. The long-term goal of this new research effort is to leverage our foundational science and expertise to develop a suite of theoretically-driven, evaluated games that promote safe driving behaviors among teens. As a first step, this STTR will develop and assess a prototype RLAF game. Multi-player strategy games provide a unique opportunity for teens to experience the effects of their driving decisions, especially passenger interactions. Findings will advance not only the field of driver training but also education of teens about other health behaviors. Outside of mentorship programs, this type of knowledge is rarely targeted for explicit instruction. We will demonstrate the benefits of implementing formal training for experiential knowledge in improving the ways that teens reason and make decisions about their safety, health and social interactions, particularly relevant for teens who lack role models to pass on healthy and effective strategies. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project includes the translation of scientific research on teen driving risks, particularly dangers from peer passengers, into games that will offer educators and teens the opportunity to improve teen driving safety. Vehicle accidents remain the leading cause of death and injury for teens, accounting annually for over 3000 deaths, 100 times as many injuries, and over 14 billion dollars in associated costs. CHOP/CChIPS has been at the forefront of research devoted to understanding the combination of social pressures, developmental cognitive limits, and lack of experience that may be at the root of teen passenger driving risks and this STTR will translate this scientific foundation into games that when commercialized and distributed will improve teen driver safety.