Parents’ perceptions of the family climate for road safety

Ben‐Ari, Orit Taubman –

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2014.10.023

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“…First, a relevant set of positive associations between knowledge of traffic rules, positive attitudes towards road safety, and risk perception suggests the need for strengthening these elements in road safety education interventions, especially when considering their proven association to further risky/safe road behaviors [19]. Furthermore, the observed road behaviors had a correlation with the self-reported risky behaviors of participants in accordance with some studies supporting the influence of observed road behavior on the one performed by children and young road users [32,39,40]. However, we must face the rise of two difficult issues regarding this point: First, that we used a self-report measure for risky road behaviors (see Section 4.1), and second, that the observed behaviors constitute an aspect that is complementary to RSE in the acquisition of safe road habits, but at the same time, it does not fulfill the need for exerting major efforts in improving safe attitudes and risk perception of road users, considering that those factors also have an effect on the own road behavior [33,34].…”

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“…The first variable included in the path model was age. In this regard, former studies have already confirmed that age is usually related to a decreasing trend in the performance of risky behaviors when groups of young and adult road users are analyzed together [34,40,41]. Nevertheless, it is necessary to highlight that in our research the oldest age of the participants corresponded, overall, to teenagers for which we observed a rebound of the hazardous behavior.…”

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confidence: 46%

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Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Alonso

Estéban

Useche

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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Background: Road Safety Education (RSE) is widely known as a reliable determinant of the future results for what concerns health and welfare and as an undisputable factor which contributes to the social behavior of individuals and to their mid- and long-term road safety outcomes. However, its development has been relatively scarce in most countries, a fact which has contributed to letting matters as delicate as traffic crashes, largely explained by road misbehaviors, continue to be a prevalent problem, thus affecting the health of the community. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between demographic and RSE-related variables and the self-reported road risky behavior of Spanish students. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a representative sample of 4062 (51.5% males and 48.5% females) participants attending primary (47.5%), secondary (40.7%), and high school (11.7%) was gathered through a national survey on RSE and road behaviors. Results: A set of significant associations between demographic factors, RSE variables, and self-reported road behaviors was found. Furthermore, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) allowed us to establish that age and observed misbehaviors (positively), and attitudes towards road safety and risk perception (negatively), have a direct link with the road risky behavior of children and young people. The knowledge of traffic rules was not a significant predictor of road behavior. Conclusions: The results of this study show that, together with demographic factors such as age, RSE-related variables have an effect on the road behavior of children and young people. They also suggest the need for strengthening actions to be implemented in road safety (Road Safety Education) at scholar and community levels.

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Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Alonso

Estéban

Useche

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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“…First, a relevant set of positive associations between knowledge of traffic rules, positive attitudes towards road safety and risk perception suggests the need of strengthening these elements in road safety education interventions, especially when considering their proven association to further risky/safe road behaviors [19]. Furthermore, the observed road behaviors had a correlation with the self-reported risky behaviors of participants, in accordance with some studies supporting the influence of observed road behavior on the one performed by children and young road users [32,35,36]. However, we must face the rise of two difficult issues regarding this point: first, that we used a self-report measure for risky road behaviors (see Limitations), and second, that the observed behaviors constitute an aspect that is complementary to RSE in the acquisition of safe road habits, but at the same time it does not fulfill the need of exerting major efforts for improving safe attitudes and risk perception of road users, considering that those factors also have an effect on the own road behavior [33,34].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…Subsequently, and as for the Structural Equation Model, obtained with good fit and significant paths in accordance with the theory, we will discuss the model's principal components and we will explain the paths basing our reasoning on the study variables: the first variable included in the path model was age. In this regard, former studies have already confirmed that age is usually related to a decreasing trend in the performance of risky behaviors, when groups of young and adult road users are analyzed together [34,36,37]. Nevertheless, it is necessary to highlight that in our research the oldest age of the participants corresponded -overall-to teenagers, in which we observed a rebound of the hazardous behavior; so, in our case, risky behaviors are more common among adolescent and young pedestrians [38].…”

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confidence: 90%

Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Alonso

Estéban

Useche

et al. 2018

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Road Safety Education (RSE) is widely known as a reliable determinant of future results for what concerns health and welfare, and as an undisputable factor which contributes to the social behavior of individuals and to their mid and long-term road safety outcomes. However, its development has been relatively scarce in most countries, fact which has contributed to letting matters as delicate as traffic crashes produced by road misbehaviors continue to be a prevalent problem, thus affecting the health of the community. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between demographic and RSE-related variables and the self-reported road risky behavior of Spanish students. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, a representative sample of 4,062 (51.5 males and 48.5% females) participants attending primary (47.5%), secondary (40.7%) and high school (11.7%) was gathered through a national survey on RSE and road behaviors. Results: A set of significant associations between demographic factors, RSE variables and self-reported road behaviors was found. Furthermore, the SEM modelling allowed us to establish that age, observed misbehaviors, attitudes towards road safety and risk perception keep a direct link with the road risky behavior of children and young people. The knowledge of traffic rules was not a significant predictor of road behavior. Conclusions: The results of this study show that, together with demographic factors such as age, RSE-related variables have an effect on the road behavior of children and young people. They also suggest the need of strengthening actions to be implemented in road safety (Road Safety Education), into scholar and community levels.

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“…15 A road safety climate created by parents is crucial to the safe road use and driving of their children. 16 It is also shown that higher risky driving by parents was found to be positively related to higher risky driving by their male offspring. Moreover, parents' own personality, and especially one of the father, was associated with the male young drivers' risky driving.…”

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confidence: 95%

Perception on Road Traffic Injuries and Safety in New Delhi: A Qualitative Study among Victims, their Attendants and General Public

Tripathi

Kaur

Aparnavi

et al. 2019

IJoPCCM

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Introduction: Road Traffic Injuries (RTI) are one of the threats to public health and development globally and contribute to causing deaths, disabilities, grief, loss of productivity and material damages. Hence, enquiries on why road traffic injuries are increasing in number and how they can be controlled are to be made. Objective: To understand the perceptions of victims, their attendants and general public on road traffic injuries and safety. Methodology: A study was carried out among adult victims of RTI admitted in a tertiary care hospital, their attendants and general public living in an urban settlement in New Delhi. Qualitative data on perspectives about road traffic injuries were collected by focus group discussions (FGDs) and data was analysed. Result: A total of 5 FGDs were conducted involving 32 participants, aged 18-92 years. Apart from non-human factors such as poor road infrastructure and road congestion; distracted driving, urgency and excitement in behaviour, aggression and carelessness in attitude, emerged as major reasons for road traffic injuries. Conclusion: The study reinforced that in addition to road traffic environments, changes in attitudes and behaviour especially in the young require a combined effort from the parents, schools and media and novel ideas should be used to bring behavioural change especially in the youth.

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Parents’ perceptions of the family climate for road safety

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Effect of Road Safety Education on Road Risky Behaviors of Spanish Children and Adolescents: Findings from a National Study

Perception on Road Traffic Injuries and Safety in New Delhi: A Qualitative Study among Victims, their Attendants and General Public

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