Normative Misperceptions of Peer Seat Belt Use Among High School Students and Their Relationship to Personal Seat Belt Use

BackgroundMVCs are the leading cause of death among adolescents. Seat belts have been shown to decrease MVC-related death. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-supported, student-run campaign to increase safety belt use among adolescents in Southwest Florida.MethodsWe reviewed results of campaigns at 14 high schools from 2012 to 2018. The primary outcome was change in rates of student-driver seat belt use over the course of each campaign. Secondary outcomes included trends in seat belt use and MVC-related fatalities over the study period. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare rates of seat belt use before and after each intervention and over the course of the study period. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the independent effects of demographic covariates on outcomes.ResultsAltogether, 85 campaigns were reviewed. A total of 8500 preintervention and 8500 postintervention observations of student seat belt use were assessed. The median rate of seat belt use increased from 82% prior to the intervention to 87% following the intervention (p<0.001). We did not detect a sustained trend in seat belt use or MVC-related fatalities over the study period. On multivariate analysis, schools with a higher proportion of minority students were less likely to experience a substantial increase in seat belt use following the intervention (OR=0.17, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.84, p=0.030).ConclusionThis collaborative campaign resulted in a modest, short-term increase in seat belt use among high school students. Future studies should evaluate which interventions are most effective and how short-term increases in seat belt use can be sustained.

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Sociodemographic, Toxicological, and Lifestyle Characteristics of Seat Belt Users in a Nationally Representative Sample of US High School Students: Results from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Journal of Transport & Health ◽

10.1016/j.jth.2017.05.232 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. S80 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicole Booker ◽

Jonathan Sung

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Risk Behavior ◽

Representative Sample ◽

Seat Belt ◽

Youth Risk Behavior Survey ◽

School Students ◽

Youth Risk Behavior ◽

Nationally Representative

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Articulatory Intervention for the Visually Impaired

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.1003.139 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 139-144

Author(s):

Cheri L. Florance ◽

Judith O’Keefe

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Behavior Change ◽

Visually Impaired ◽

School Students ◽

Handicapped Children ◽

Paired Stimuli ◽

Visually Handicapped ◽

Parent Program

A modification of the Paired-Stimuli Parent Program (Florance, 1977) was adapted for the treatment of articulatory errors of visually handicapped children. Blind high school students served as clinical aides. A discussion of treatment methodology, and the results of administrating the program to 32 children, including a two-year follow-up evaluation to measure permanence of behavior change, is presented.

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The Relationship Between Cognitive Career Maturity and Self-Reported Career Maturity of High School Students

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development ◽

10.1080/07481756.1987.12022850 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 51-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Bert W. Westbrook ◽

Eleanor E. Sanford ◽

Marion Youngblood

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Career Maturity ◽

School Students ◽

The Relationship

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A Triarchic Analysis of an Aptitude-Treatment Interaction

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027//1015-5759.15.1.3 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 3-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 96

Author(s):

Robert J. Sternberg ◽

Elena L. Grigorenko ◽

Michel Ferrari ◽

Pamela Clinkenbeard

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Introductory Psychology ◽

College Level ◽

School Students ◽

Treatment Interaction ◽

Aptitude Treatment Interaction ◽

Psychology Course

Summary: This article describes a triarchic analysis of an aptitude-treatment interaction in a college-level introductory-psychology course given to selected high-school students. Of the 326 total participants, 199 were selected to be high in analytical, creative, or practical abilities, or in all three abilities, or in none of the three abilities. The selected students were placed in a course that either well matched or did not match their pattern of analytical, creative, and practical abilities. All students were assessed for memory, analytical, creative, and practical achievement. The data showed an aptitude-treatment interaction between students' varied ability patterns and the match or mismatch of these abilities to the different instructional groups.

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