Risk perception, worry, and pedestrian behaviour in the Norwegian population
| Autor: | Torbjørn Rundmo, An-Magritt Kummeneje |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Time Factors media_common.quotation_subject Population ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Human Factors and Ergonomics Pedestrian Norwegian Anxiety Risk Assessment GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS Developmental psychology Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires 0502 economics and business Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Safety Risk Reliability and Quality education 050107 human factors Pedestrians media_common 050210 logistics & transportation education.field_of_study Norway 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Questionnaire Fear Middle Aged language.human_language Risk perception Feeling language Harassment ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY Female Worry Psychology human activities |
| Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 133:105294 |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aap.2019.105294 |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to investigate the association between pedestrians’ risk perception and worry, and how worry influence pedestrians’ behaviour. Worry is regarded as a feeling that emerges as a result of an individual’s cognitive assessment of risk. The study was based on a questionnaire survey carried out among a representative sample (n = 2000) of the Norwegian population. The results showed differences in how people perceived risk and how worried they were about being exposed to different hazards (traffic accident, harassment, theft, and terror) as a pedestrian during night-time and daytime. As expected, pedestrians perceived their risk as higher and were more worried being exposed to hazards during night-time than in daytime. Structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed that risk perception was a significant predictor variable for worry during both night-time and daytime. Additionally, worry was found to influence pedestrian behaviour. Worry was moderately associated with walking frequency during night-time, and how often individuals walked alone outdoors during night-time. These associations were stronger for people without access to a private car. No associations were found between worry and walking frequency during daytime. The results of the study contribute to the understanding of the association between pedestrians’ risk perceptions and worry, and how worry influence walking frequency. From both a pro-environmental and a health promoting perspective, it is important that people choose to walk or cycle for their daily travels. |
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