Promoting Intrafamily Accountability for Reducing Cellphone Use While Driving in Adults and Their Teen Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Teen Drivers, Motor Vehicle Accidents

In brief

Research participants and their parents will be recruited to take part in a randomized control trial. Participants' and their parents' cellphone use will be observed during an initial baseline period. Participants and their parents will then be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: opt-out blocking with parental notification, opt-out blocking with bidirectional notification.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02923271

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

34

Starts

2016-12-07

Expected to finish

2017-11-16

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-20

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Both parent and teen will be enrolled together as a pair
• Teen:
• Is a high school student (age 16 or 17 at start of the study)
• Holds a valid driver's license
• Lives in parent/guardian's home
• Primarily drives one car
• Drives an average of 4 or more trips per week
• Has their own iPhone 4S or newer or Android 4.3 or newer smartphone with data plan
• Admits to texting while driving at least once in the last month
• Parent:
• Is the parent of a teen driver
• Drives an average of 4 or more trips per week
• Primarily drives one car
• Has their own iPhone 4S or newer or Android 4.3 or newer smartphone with data plan
• Admits to texting while driving at least once in the last month

You may not qualify if…

• Parent and/or teen already uses a smartphone app or hardware device to limit cellphone use while driving

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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