DRINK-DRIVING AND RISKY DRIVING IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH

在这项相互竞争的续期申请中，我们建议扩大 目前为期两年的研究资助包括对发展性学习的研究 涉及酒后驾驶和危险驾驶的过程或自然病史 在青春期后期和青春期。 正在进行的拨款，刚刚开始其02年，涉及一个大型的，全州范围的 对大约3000名年龄在18岁至25岁之间的持证司机进行了横断面调查。这个 这项1990年调查的重点是建立酒后驾驶与 危险的驾车向彼此和更大的生活方式反映 传统--非传统。自我报告和正式记录 有关酒后驾驶和危险驾驶行为的数据正在收集中。 拟议的研究将把横断面调查转变为 纵向研究。它将允许参与者在 1991年和1992年的1990年全州范围内年度调查，结果 酒驾和危险驾驶共3波纵向数据 以及它们在这部分高危人群中的相关性 为交通事故做准备。每辆车的官方驾驶记录数据 参与者也将从科罗拉多州分部获得。 机动车辆。此外，还将进行面对面的采访 有300名年轻人，他们的参与模式不同 三波纵向数据中的酒后驾车和危险驾驶 对“成熟”的过程有更深入的理解 这种易受风险影响的行为。

In this competing renewal application, we propose to extend the purview of the current 2-year research grant to include study of the developmental course or natural history of involvement in drink-driving and risky driving in late adolescence and young adulthood. The on-going grant, just starting its 02-year, involves a large, statewide cross-sectional survey of around 3000 licensed drivers aged 18 to 25. The focus of this 1990 survey is to establish the relation of drink-driving and risky driving to each other and to a larger lifestyle reflecting conventionality-unconventionality. Both self-report and official-record data on drink-driving and risky driving behavior are being collected. The proposed research will transform the cross-sectional survey into a longitudinal study. It will permit the follow-up of the participants in the 1990 statewide survey on an annual basis in both 1991 and 1992, yielding a total of 3 waves of longitudinal data on drink-driving and risky driving and on their correlates in this segment of the population at highest risk for traffic crashes. Official driving history record data on each participant will also be obtained from .the Colorado State Division of Motor Vehicles. In addition, a face-to-face interview will be conducted with 300 young men who differ in their patterns of involvement in drink-driving and risky driving over the three waves of longitudinal data providing a more intensive understanding of the process of "maturing out" of such risk-prone behavior.