Journal article
Preadolescent Temperament and Risky Behavior: Bicycling Across Traffic-Filled Intersections in a Virtual Environment
Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.38(3), pp.285-295
04/2013
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss116
PMCID: PMC3604824
PMID: 23161125
Abstract
Objective
This investigation used a bicycling simulator to examine how preadolescent temperament is related to risky behavior.
Methods
Children aged 10 and 12 years (
N
= 109) rode a bicycle through a virtual environment where they crossed intersections with continuous cross traffic. Mothers filled out the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised.
Results
Older children and male participants timed their entry into the intersection more precisely than did younger children and female participants, as did 10-year-old children higher in inhibitory control and 10-year-old boys higher in aggression. However, only 10-year-old children higher in inhibitory control had more time to spare when they cleared the intersection. For 10-year-old boys higher in aggression, cutting in more closely behind the lead vehicle was accompanied by less stopping at intersections, less waiting before crossing, and choosing smaller gaps to cross.
Conclusions
The Discussion section focuses on inhibitory control as a protective factor and aggression as a risk factor for car–bicycle collisions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preadolescent Temperament and Risky Behavior: Bicycling Across Traffic-Filled Intersections in a Virtual Environment
- Creators
- Erin Stevens - Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, and Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaJodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, and Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaJames F Cremer - Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, and Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaJoseph K Kearney - Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, and Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.38(3), pp.285-295
- DOI
- 10.1093/jpepsy/jss116
- PMID
- 23161125
- PMCID
- PMC3604824
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pediatr Psychol
- ISSN
- 0146-8693
- eISSN
- 1465-735X
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2013
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984213393102771
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