| Autor: |
Boua, Mohamed, Kouabenan, Dongo Rémi, Belhaj, Abdelkarim |
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Psychological Studies; Mar2024, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p49-58, 10p |
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This paper examines the role of fatalistic beliefs and naïve or spontaneous causal explanations for road accidents with the aim of better understanding road safety behavior in Morocco. We hypothesize that strong fatalistic beliefs will be more related to an explanation of accidents by external factors and to less safe behaviors. The study was conducted with a sample of 1017 Moroccan professional and private drivers, using a questionnaire with scales measuring fatalistic beliefs, naïve causal explanations of road accidents and reported road safety behavior. The results show that drivers with very strong fatalistic beliefs tend to explain road accidents by causes that are external to the drivers and engage in less safe behaviors. We also note that professional drivers tend to be more fatalistic than private drivers and provide more external causal explanations. In addition, we find that when drivers provide internal or dispositional causal explanations, they tend to engage in safer behaviors. The results support the need to consider fatalistic beliefs and naïve causal explanations provided for accidents when designing relevant and targeted prevention messages for motorists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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