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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2014 May;54(5 Suppl):S32–S41. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.01.008

Table 2.

Mean scores of adolescents’ and parents’ measures for all adolescents and by adolescent gender

All adolescents mean (SD) Males mean (SD) Females mean (SD)
Adolescents’ self-reported DDB 1.76 (.5) 1.80 (.5) 1.72 (.5)
Parents’ self-reported DDB 1.59 (.3) 1.56 (.3) 1.63 (.3)
Adolescents’ report of parents’ DDB 1.99 (.5) 1.99 (.5) 2.00 (.5)
Adolescents’ report of peers’ DDB 2.45 (.7) 2.48 (.7) 2.41 (.7)
Parents’ approval of adolescents’ DDB 1.87 (.9) 1.93 (1.0) 1.81 (.8)
Adolescents’ report of peers’ approval of adolescents’ DDB** 3.86 (1.9) 4.15 (1.9) 3.54 (1.8)
Adolescents’ sensation seeking** 3.00 (.8) 3.10 (.8) 2.88 (.8)
Parents’ sensation seeking 2.31 (.7) 2.26 (.7) 2.35 (.8)
Adolescents’ risk perception for DDB** 8.10 (1.4) 7.88 (1.5) 8.33 (1.4)
Parents’ risk perception for DDB 8.46 (1.2) 8.52 (1.1) 8.4 (1.3)

Significant differences by sex are denoted by the following:

**

p < .01.

DDB = distracted driving behavior; SD = standard deviation.