Adolescents' attitudes and intentions to use a smartphone app to promote safe driving

Autor: Caitlin N. Pope, Emre Sezgin, Simon Lin, Nichole L. Morris, Motao Zhu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Vol 4, Iss , Pp - (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2590-1982
DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2020.100090
Popis: Purpose: Designing effective driving safety interventions is imperative as traffic crashes are the leading cause of injury and death for adolescents. Using concepts from the Integrated Behavioral Model, we investigated adolescents' attitudes and intentions towards engaging in safe driving practices and using smartphone-based driving safety technology. Methods: Two-hundred and seven adolescents aged 14–18 (M = 16.1, SD = 0.8) completed a safe driving survey. A path model testing the associations between individual scores of attitudes, perceived norms, and perceived behavioral control with intentions controlling for demographic covariates was conducted. Results: Greater intentions to drive safely was associated with greater perceived norms from family and peers (β = 0.75, p
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