Prediction of rear-seat belt use: Application of extended theory of planned behavior

IF 1.6 3区工程技术 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Traffic Injury Prevention Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI:10.1080/15389588.2024.2341384

Lihua Liu , Jianrong Liu

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Abstract

Objectives

Rear-seat belts have been shown to significantly reduce the severity of road vehicle collisions and fatalities. However, their use by rear-seat passengers is significantly less than that by front-seat passengers. Thus, the psychological factors underlying individuals’ decision to wear a seat belt in the rear seat require further investigation.

Methods

An extended theory of planned behavior (eTPB) was used to examine individuals’ behavior of wearing a rear-seat belt. An online survey was conducted and a total of 515 valid questionnaires were collected in China.

Results

While attitude, descriptive norms, and law enforcement all have a significant effect on individuals’ intention to wear a seat belt in the rear, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control do not. Individuals’ attitudes toward wearing a seat belt in the rear seat are significantly influenced by law enforcement and behavioral intention, but not by perceived behavioral control. The mediation effect analysis reveals that law enforcement has the greatest overall effect on behavior, followed by attitude and descriptive norms.

Conclusions

The results of this paper contribute to more effective recommendations to improve the use of rear seat belts and to safeguard rear seat passengers.

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预测后座安全带的使用情况：计划行为扩展理论的应用。

目的事实证明，后座安全带可大大降低道路车辆碰撞的严重程度，并减少死亡人数。然而，后座乘客对后座安全带的使用率明显低于前座乘客。方法采用扩展的计划行为理论（eTPB）研究个人佩戴后座安全带的行为。结果虽然态度、描述性规范和执法都对个人在后座系安全带的意愿有显著影响，但主观规范和感知行为控制却没有。个人对在后座系安全带的态度受执法和行为意向的显著影响，但不受感知行为控制的影响。中介效应分析表明，执法对行为的总体影响最大，其次是态度和描述性规范。

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Traffic Injury Prevention PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

10.00%

发文量

137

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The purpose of Traffic Injury Prevention is to bridge the disciplines of medicine, engineering, public health and traffic safety in order to foster the science of traffic injury prevention. The archival journal focuses on research, interventions and evaluations within the areas of traffic safety, crash causation, injury prevention and treatment. General topics within the journal''s scope are driver behavior, road infrastructure, emerging crash avoidance technologies, crash and injury epidemiology, alcohol and drugs, impact injury biomechanics, vehicle crashworthiness, occupant restraints, pedestrian safety, evaluation of interventions, economic consequences and emergency and clinical care with specific application to traffic injury prevention. The journal includes full length papers, review articles, case studies, brief technical notes and commentaries.