Reckless Driving in Teens: An Annotated Bibliography
Kostermans, Evelien, Mike Stoolmiller, Rebecca de Leeuw, Rutger Engels, and James Sargent.
"Exposure to Movie Reckless Driving in Early Adolescence Predicts Reckless, but Not
Inattentive Driving." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 12, 10 Dec. 2014, pp. 1-18. EBSCOHost, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113927. Accessed 7 Mar. 2018.
In this article it states that teenagers are not the best of drivers by the lack of experience with driving. There are countless stats proving their point correct. For example, the article states that for the age group of 16-19 you are more likely to be in a fatal wreck than any other age group (Kostermans et al. 2)! The article highlights many things that cause the age group to be more likely in wrecks. They start out with the fact of how all the action movies show speeding and dangerous driving. With the movies and countless video games of tremendously wreck less driving they state it has an effect on the teenage drivers. The article also says, “In the USA, road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-to-20-year- olds; in 2008, 2,739 drivers in this age group were killed and an additional 228,00 were injured in motor vehicle crashes…” (Kostermans et al. 2). …show more content…
The article is actually a scholarly journal found on EBSCOHost which is very reliable. The main author Evelien Kostermans went to Radboud University with expertise in Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Health Psychology. She has a plethora of papers she has written and knows what she is talking about. Dr. Stoolmiller is another big author in this article and is currently a research associate at the University of Oregon and has plenty background into this subject. Dr. Stoolmiller received his background in counseling and educational psychology at the University of Oregon as
Kostermans, Evelien, Mike Stoolmiller, Rebecca de Leeuw, Rutger Engels, and James Sargent.
"Exposure to Movie Reckless Driving in Early Adolescence Predicts Reckless, but Not
Inattentive Driving." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 12, 10 Dec. 2014, pp. 1-18. EBSCOHost, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113927. Accessed 7 Mar. 2018.
In this article it states that teenagers are not the best of drivers by the lack of experience with driving. There are countless stats proving their point correct. For example, the article states that for the age group of 16-19 you are more likely to be in a fatal wreck than any other age group (Kostermans et al. 2)! The article highlights many things that cause the age group to be more likely in wrecks. They start out with the fact of how all the action movies show speeding and dangerous driving. With the movies and countless video games of tremendously wreck less driving they state it has an effect on the teenage drivers. The article also says, “In the USA, road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-to-20-year- olds; in 2008, 2,739 drivers in this age group were killed and an additional 228,00 were injured in motor vehicle crashes…” (Kostermans et al. 2). …show more content…
The article is actually a scholarly journal found on EBSCOHost which is very reliable. The main author Evelien Kostermans went to Radboud University with expertise in Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Health Psychology. She has a plethora of papers she has written and knows what she is talking about. Dr. Stoolmiller is another big author in this article and is currently a research associate at the University of Oregon and has plenty background into this subject. Dr. Stoolmiller received his background in counseling and educational psychology at the University of Oregon as