Measuring the attitudes of novice drivers with autism spectrum disorder as an indication of apprehensive driving: Going beyond basic abilities

Veerle Ross; Daniel J. Cox; Ron Reeve; Timothy Brown; Matthew Moncrief; Rose Schmitt; Gary Gaffney

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Measuring the attitudes of novice drivers with autism spectrum disorder as an indication of apprehensive driving: Going beyond basic abilities

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Measuring the attitudes of novice drivers with autism spectrum disorder as an indication of apprehensive driving: Going beyond basic abilities

Veerle Ross, Daniel J. Cox, Ron Reeve, Timothy Brown, Matthew Moncrief, Rose Schmitt and Gary Gaffney

Autism : the international journal of research and practice, Vol.22(1), pp.62-69

01/01/2018

DOI: 10.1177/1362361317735959

PMID: 29027808

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For some individuals with autism spectrum disorder, driving apprehension may interfere with the acquisition and application of driving privileges. The Driving Attitude Scale Parent-Report provides an indication of novice drivers' positive and negative attitudes toward driving. Responses were compared for parents of 66 autism spectrum disorder and 166 neuro-typical novice drivers. After the autism spectrum disorder drivers completed 3months of driver training, 60 parents repeated the Driving Attitude Scale Parent-Report. Parents reported autism spectrum disorder drivers to have less positive and more negative attitudes toward driving than parents of neuro-typical drivers. Parents of autism spectrum disorder drivers who received driving training in a safe/low-threat virtual reality driving simulator demonstrated a significant increase in positive attitudes and reduction in negative attitudes, compared to parents of autism spectrum disorder drivers undergoing routine driver training. The reports of parents of autism spectrum disorder drivers suggest potential problems with learning to drive that can go beyond general abilities and include driving apprehension.

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Title: Subtitle: Measuring the attitudes of novice drivers with autism spectrum disorder as an indication of apprehensive driving: Going beyond basic abilities
Creators: Veerle Ross - Hasselt University
Daniel J. Cox - University of Virginia
Ron Reeve - University of Virginia
Timothy Brown - University of Iowa
Matthew Moncrief - University of Virginia
Rose Schmitt - University of Iowa
Gary Gaffney - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Autism : the international journal of research and practice, Vol.22(1), pp.62-69
DOI: 10.1177/1362361317735959
PMID: 29027808
NLM abbreviation: Autism
ISSN: 1362-3613
eISSN: 1461-7005
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 8
Grant note: AR100495 / Department of Defense; United States Department of Defense
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2018
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Iowa Technology Institute; Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Driving Safety Research Institute; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984627251502771

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