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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 6.

Predictors of adolescent female distracting behavior while driving

Predictor variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Parent sex −.03 −.06 −.01 −.04
Parent age   .04   .09   .02   .05
Parent sensation seeking   .15a   .11   .09   .09
Parent risk perception for DDB −.15a   .00   .07   .13
Parent DDB −.04 −.04   .00
Perceived parental DDB   .48a   .26a   .26a
Parental approval of DDB   .09   .08   .05
Perceived peer DDB   .22a   .14
Perceived peer approval of DDB   .32a   .05
Adolescent sensation seeking   .08
Adolescent risk perception −.42a
R2  .05   .24   .40   .50
Adjusted R2   .03   .21   .37   .47
Durbin–Watson coefficient 2.05 2.07 1.98 1.99

Adolescent report of peers’ DDB had a p = .0511 in Model 4 for the girls.

n = 191.

DDB = distracted driving behavior.

a

Standardized coefficients significant at p < .05.