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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 89, Issue 1, Pages 118-128Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12827
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health [R21HD078371, R01HD088415]
- UAB Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research in Aging and Mobility (NIH/NIA) [5 P30 AG022838-09]
- Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)
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This article examined the impact of mobile technology on young pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. A systematic search yielded 41 articles meeting inclusion criteria: peer-reviewed, published before February 1, 2016, behavioral outcome related to pedestrian, bicycling, or driving in the presence of mobile technology use, youth sample. Eleven studies were meta-analyzed to evaluate increased risk for crash/near-crash while distracted. Risk of bias and quality of research were assessed. Across methodologies, developmental stages, and type of distracting task, mobile technology use impairs youth safety on the road. Quality of evidence was low (pedestrian) to moderate (driving). Findings are discussed from the perspective of cognitive and visual distractions. Policy and behavioral efforts should continue to reduce mobile technology use in transportation settings. The title for this Special Section is Contemporary Mobile Technology and Child and Adolescent Development, edited by Zheng Yan and Lennart Hardell
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