Abstract
Traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in Chile. However, few studies have examined this behavior among this age group. Parental practices have a great influence on risk behaviors in adolescents, such as substance use, sexuality and violence, among others. Specifically, we propose that these practices will influence pedestrian risk behaviors among adolescents. To study the role of parental practices such as mother and father support, and behavioral control (monitoring and presence of rules) in pedestrian risk behaviors of teenagers. A sample of 470 adolescents attending schools in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile were studied. They answered a self-administered questionnaire in which they were asked about parental practices and pedestrian risk behaviors. Analyses were performed using descriptive and inferential statistics, using multiple regression. Paternal support and the presence of rules were protective factors for pedestrian risky behaviors. However, maternal support or monitoring did not influence these behaviors. Parental practices influence pedestrian behaviors of teenagers. The study provides further evidence for the importance of these practices in the development of behavioral self-regulation.
Highlights
Traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in Chile
Se realizaron análisis descriptivos de los puntajes obtenidos en las distintas escalas incluidas en el estudio y análisis inferenciales para examinar las hipótesis propuestas usando regresión múltiple
Accessed at MINEDUC at http://www.mime.mineduc.cl/mvc/mime/ 10 de enero de 2014
Summary
Traffic accidents are the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults in Chile. Material and Methods: A sample of 470 adolescents attending schools in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile were studied They answered a self-administered questionnaire in which they were asked about parental practices and pedestrian risk behaviors. Los resultados muestran que las prácticas parentales juegan un rol fundamental en el involucramiento de conductas de riesgo en la conducción de estos jóvenes[11,14]. Estudiar el rol de las prácticas parentales en las conductas de riesgo del peatón también se fundamenta en los resultados que muestran la importancia que estas prácticas tienen en la prevención de conductas de riesgo en adolescentes[15,16,17]. Se espera encontrar en los adolescentes participantes, que el mayor apoyo parental y mayor control conductual se asociarán con menos conductas de riesgo del peatón
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