Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

NCT ID: NCT06611241

Last Updated: 2025-06-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-01-12
• Study Completion Date: 2025-11-30

Brief Summary

This study will test an intervention that was developed to improve parents' driving instruction of teens' hazard anticipation skills when teens are in the learner phase of licensure. Half of the parents in the study will receive the intervention and half will not. Investigators will then compare driving instructions given by parents in the two groups by recording driving sessions that parents and teens have together in that real world and by recording a drive that parents and teens will complete in a driving simulator. The driving simulator allows us to expose teens and parents to hazards they may encounter on the roadway without putting them in harm's way.

Detailed Description

The project seeks to test an intervention designed to improve parents' communication about roadway hazards by comparing parent instruction and teen driving outcomes between dyads whose parents were assigned to the intervention vs. the control condition. Participants will be 100 parent-teen dyads. Half of the parent-teen dyads will receive the intervention and half will not. Parents who receive the intervention will complete web-based program developed to help parents instruct teens on how to identify hazards on the roadway and respond appropriately before they pose a crash risk. Parents in the intervention arm of the study will be given 2 weeks to complete the training. Parents in the control arm of the study will not receive training. After the delivery period, parents and teens will be given two additional weeks to apply the training in their everyday driving instruction. During this period, parents in both groups will complete a minimum of 5 drives with their teen that will be recorded. Investigators will then have teens and parents complete a drive in a driving simulator. Teens will drive and parents will instruct from the passenger seat, just like they would in the real world. The drive will have 12 hazards. Compared to parents in the control group, investigators believe that parents in the intervention group will exhibit improved communication about potential hazard detection with their teens. Similarly, the investigators believe that teens of parents who received the training will be better at anticipating and reacting to potential hazards on the roadway when driving independently compared to teens whose parents did not engage in the program.

Conditions

Motor Vehicle Accident; Interaction, Parent-Offspring

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

Parents and teens randomly assigned to this arm of the trial will engage in a web-based training that provides parents with guidance on how to train their teen to identify potential hazards on the roadway. Parents are also given an opportunity to practice these new skills with teens when watching videos unfold together. The program will take 4 hours to complete and can be done over a two-week period at the parent's convenience.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parents and teens who receive the intervention will complete a web-based training that provides parents with guidance on how to teach their teen to identify potential hazards on the roadway. The program begins by providing background on teens' difficulty learning this skill and the motivational interviewing techniques that are being used in the course. Parents then engage with a series of hazard videos. For each hazard, parents watch the hazard unfold, provide an example of what they might say to their teen in that, and are provided with examples of how to coach their teen through the hazard before it becomes a critical event. Parents and teens then jointly watch 12 videos depicting hazards unfolding on the roadway. Teens are asked to identify the hazard without parental input by pressing a spacebar. Teens must also indicate what they believe was the key event that caused the hazard. Then parents and teens are given an opportunity to replay the video and discuss the hazard together.

Control

The parents and teens in this arm of the study will not receive an intervention of any kind.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

Parents and teens who receive the intervention will complete a web-based training that provides parents with guidance on how to teach their teen to identify potential hazards on the roadway. The program begins by providing background on teens' difficulty learning this skill and the motivational interviewing techniques that are being used in the course. Parents then engage with a series of hazard videos. For each hazard, parents watch the hazard unfold, provide an example of what they might say to their teen in that, and are provided with examples of how to coach their teen through the hazard before it becomes a critical event. Parents and teens then jointly watch 12 videos depicting hazards unfolding on the roadway. Teens are asked to identify the hazard without parental input by pressing a spacebar. Teens must also indicate what they believe was the key event that caused the hazard. Then parents and teens are given an opportunity to replay the video and discuss the hazard together.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

HazAPP

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescents must be between the ages of 14 and 17 years. Additionally, they must be in the learner period of licensure.
• Parents must be the primary instructor of their teen's supervised driving.

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Elizabeth O'Neal

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Elizabeth O'Neal

Assistant Professor, Community and Behavioral Health

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Elizabeth E O'Neal, MPH, PhD

Role: CONTACT

elizabeth-oneal@uiowa.edu

319-467-1269

Facility Contacts

Elizabeth E O'Neal, PhD

Role: primary

elizabeth-oneal@uiowa.edu

3194671269

Other Identifiers

202010535

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id