Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

Last updated: August 24, 2026
Sponsor: Elizabeth O'Neal
Overall Status: Completed

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Treatment

Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers

Clinical Study ID

NCT06611241
202010535
  • Ages > 14
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study 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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents must be between the ages of 14 and 17 years. Additionally, they must bein the learner period of licensure.

  • Parents must be the primary instructor of their teen's supervised driving.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • -Surgery where full range of motion has not been regained

  • Heart condition (disturbance of heart rhythm, heart attack or a pacemaker implantedwithin the last 6 months)

  • Diagnosed with seizures or epilepsy with an episode in the past 12 months

  • Brain damage from a stroke, tumor, head injury, or infection (active tumor, strokewithin last 6 months, or any symptoms that still exist) -Meniere's Disease or anyinner ear, dizziness, vertigo, or balance problems

  • Does not have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (glasses/contacts ok)

  • Does not have normal or corrected-to-normal hearing (hearing aids ok)

  • Current skeletal, muscular, or neurological problems in neck or back regions,chronic neck and back pain, pinched nerves in neck or back, or back surgery in pastyear

  • Diagnosed with a current serious illness (e.g., Huntingtons, ALS, Alzheimer's,Crohn's, Hodgkin's, Parkinson's, cancer, etc)

  • Motion sickness where intensity is moderate or above

  • Need for special equipment to help drive

Study Design

Total Participants: 103
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 12, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
December 23, 2025

Study 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 approximately 1-2 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 approximately two additional weeks to apply the training in their everyday driving instruction. During this period, parents in both groups will complete a minimum of 4 naturalistic drives with their teen that will be recorded. Investigators will then have teens and parents complete a hazard-laden drive in a driving simulator. Teens will drive and parents will instruct from the passenger seat, just like they would in the real world. 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.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa 52240
    United States

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