CORRELATES OF REPORTED ATTITUDE TOWARDS AND USE OF SEAT BELTS

This paper examines the relationships among self-reported seat-belt use, attitudes towards compulsory seat-belt use, and individual differences dimensions in samples of 91 females and 89 males ranging in age from 18 to 24 yr. The results show (a) support for the compulsory use of seat belts (78% for females, 66% for males); (b) significant relationships between reported seat belt use and four fear of death and dying subscales; and, (c) no relationships between the seat-belt variables and Eysenckian personality variables. One caveat is that the generalizability of results from this student sample to other driver populations may be limited.

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• Authors:
  • Loo, R
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 417-421
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 5-6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Attitudes; Data collection; Drivers; Gender; Laws; Manual safety belts; Surveys; Teenage drivers; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399079
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 763
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1985 12:00AM