The influence of conformity and group identity on drink walking intentions: Comparing intentions to drink walk across risky pedestrian crossing scenarios
| Autor: | Ioni Lewis, Alexandra McGhie, Melissa K. Hyde |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making Persuasive Communication Poison control Friends Human Factors and Ergonomics Intention Walking Level design Pedestrian crossing Conformity Peer Group Traffic psychology Social Facilitation Young Adult Risk-Taking Social Conformity Dangerous Behavior Humans Students Safety Risk Reliability and Quality media_common Social facilitation Social Identification Accidents Traffic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Peer group Resilience Psychological Environment Design Female Queensland Psychology Alcoholic Intoxication human activities Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 45:639-645 |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.035 |
| Popis: | Despite the dangers associated with drink walking, limited research is currently available regarding the factors which influence individuals to engage in this risky behaviour. This study examined the influence of psychosocial factors upon individuals' intentions to drink walk across four experimental scenarios (and a control condition). Specifically, a 2×2 repeated measures design was utilised in which all of the scenarios incorporated a risky pedestrian crossing situation (i.e., a pedestrian crossing against a red man signal) but differed according to the level of group identity (i.e., low/strangers and high/friends) and conformity (low and high). Individuals were assessed for their intentions to drink walk within each of these different scenarios. Undergraduate students (N=151), aged 17-30 years, completed a questionnaire. Overall, most of the study's hypotheses were supported with individuals reporting the highest intentions to drink walk when in the presence of friends (i.e., high group identity) and their friends were said to be also crossing against the red man signal (i.e., high conformity). The findings may have significant implications for the design of countermeasures to reduce drink walking. For instance, the current findings would suggest that potentially effective strategies may be to promote resilience to peer influence as well as highlight the negative consequences associated with following the behaviour of other intoxicated pedestrians who are crossing against a red signal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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