Exploring the relationship between attitudes, risk perceptions, fatalistic beliefs and pedestrian behaviors in China
Exploring the relationship between attitudes, risk perceptions, fatalistic beliefs and pedestrian behaviors in China
Road safety has become a worldwide public health concern. Although many factors contribute to collisions, pedestrian behaviors can strongly influence road safety outcomes. This paper presents results of a survey investigating the effects of age, gender, attitudes towards road safety, fatalistic beliefs and risk perceptions on self-reported pedestrian behaviors in a Chinese example. The study was carried out on 543 participants (229 men and 314 women) from 20 provinces across China. Pedestrian behaviors were assessed by four factors: errors, violations, aggressions, and lapses. Younger people reported performing riskier pedestrian behaviors compared to older people. Gender was not an influential factor. Of the factors explored, attitudes towards road safety explained the most amount of variance in self-reported behaviors. Significant additional variance in risky pedestrian behaviors was explained by the addition of fatalistic beliefs. The differences among the effects, and the implications for road safety intervention design, are discussed. In particular, traffic managers can provide road safety education and related training activities to influence pedestrian behaviors positively.
Fatalistic beliefs, Pedestrian behaviors, Risk perceptions, Traffic safety attitudes
Liu, Mingyu
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Wu, Jianping
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Yousaf, Adnan
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Wang, Linyang
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Hu, Kezhen
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Plant, Katherine L.
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Stanton, Neville A.
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24 March 2021
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Wang, Linyang
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Hu, Kezhen
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Plant, Katherine L.
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McIlroy, Rich C.
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Liu, Mingyu, Wu, Jianping, Yousaf, Adnan, Wang, Linyang, Hu, Kezhen, Plant, Katherine L., McIlroy, Rich C. and Stanton, Neville A.
(2021)
Exploring the relationship between attitudes, risk perceptions, fatalistic beliefs and pedestrian behaviors in China.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (7), [3378].
(doi:10.3390/ijerph18073378).
Abstract
Road safety has become a worldwide public health concern. Although many factors contribute to collisions, pedestrian behaviors can strongly influence road safety outcomes. This paper presents results of a survey investigating the effects of age, gender, attitudes towards road safety, fatalistic beliefs and risk perceptions on self-reported pedestrian behaviors in a Chinese example. The study was carried out on 543 participants (229 men and 314 women) from 20 provinces across China. Pedestrian behaviors were assessed by four factors: errors, violations, aggressions, and lapses. Younger people reported performing riskier pedestrian behaviors compared to older people. Gender was not an influential factor. Of the factors explored, attitudes towards road safety explained the most amount of variance in self-reported behaviors. Significant additional variance in risky pedestrian behaviors was explained by the addition of fatalistic beliefs. The differences among the effects, and the implications for road safety intervention design, are discussed. In particular, traffic managers can provide road safety education and related training activities to influence pedestrian behaviors positively.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 March 2021
Published date: 24 March 2021
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Funding: This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR; 16/137/122) using UK aid from the UK Government to support global health research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care.
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Fatalistic beliefs, Pedestrian behaviors, Risk perceptions, Traffic safety attitudes
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