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Reexamining Personal and Situational Factors in Drunk Driving Interventions 1
Author(s) -
Wolfinger Nicholas H.,
Rabow Jerome,
Newcomb Michael D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1994.tb01566.x
Subject(s) - situational ethics , intervention (counseling) , psychology , psychological intervention , driving under the influence , bystander effect , social psychology , drunk driving , applied psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry
Informal peer intervention may be an effective means of combating drunk driving. Prior research finds that: (a) An experimental model of decision making in bystander intervention situations can successfully be applied to drunk driving intervention (DUI intervention); and (b) various personal and situational factors influence a person's decision to intervene. Our research examines questionnaire data and finds support, with some modification, for application of the experimental model to DUI intervention. We also find that a person's self‐evaluation as a competent helper is often the most important factor in determining whether or not they intervene. This suggests that empowering persons as interveners may be an effective means of decreasing drunk driving.