PROMPTING PATRON SAFETY BELT USE AT A RESTAURANT

A reversal (ABABAB) design was used to assess the effects of a verbal prompt on safety belt use of restaurant patrons. A verbal prompt delivered by employees at the exit door resulted in an average increase of 20 percent in safety belt use by drivers leaving the restaurant. A previous study provided this type of antecedent immediately before supermarket patrons entered their vehicles. This effort demonstrates the effects of a verbal prompt with greater latency between the prompt and target response.

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  Society for Experimental Analysis of Behavior

  University of Kansas, Department of Human Development
  Lawrence, KS  United States  66045
• Authors:
  • Austin, J
  • Alvero, A M
  • Olson, R
• Publication Date: 1999-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 655-657
• Serial:
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Society for Experimental Analysis of Behavior
  • ISSN: 0021-8855

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Restaurants; Safety education; Safety programs; Seat belts
• Old TRIS Terms: Verbal prompt; Verbal reminder
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766612
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 1999 12:00AM