SAFETYLIT WEEKLY UPDATE

We compile citations and summaries of about 400 new articles every week.
RSS Feed

HELP: Tutorials | FAQ
CONTACT US: Contact info

Search Results

Journal Article

Citation

Jonah BA, Dawson NE. Accid. Anal. Prev. 1982; 14(4): 305-310.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine whether both attitudinal and normative factors would make unique contributions to the prediction of self-reported seat belt use in an area where seat belt use is compulsory. Two samples of drivers were interviewed concerning their attitudes toward seat belt use and the seat belt legislation, social influence of others, reported belt usage and demographic information. The results for the first sample (N = 445) indicated that attitude toward the seat belt legislation, attitude toward seat belts, social pressure and perceived belt use in the community jointly predicted reported belt use (R = 0.69). The correlation between predicted belt use and reported belt use (r = 0.57) in the crossvalidation sample (N = 438) was close to the multiple correlation obtained for the first sample. The implications of these results for promoting seat belt use are discussed.

NEW SEARCH


All SafetyLit records are available for automatic download to Zotero & Mendeley
Print