Phongkultorn Rojviroon. Psychological and safety belief factors related to safety behavior in motorcycle driving of the young . Doctoral Degree(Population Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2005.
Psychological and safety belief factors related to safety behavior in motorcycle driving of the young
Abstract:
Research objectives were to study the motorcycle driving safety of the young and to analyze the relationships between population, psychology and beliefs concerning safety driving factors in order to forecast and advise suitable behaviors of safe driving for the young. All participants were studying 10th-12th grade education. There were 235 females (62.7%) and 140 males (37.3%) who drove a motorcycle everyday. Mean score of both intention to have a safety driving behavior (SB1) and care and good habits while driving (SB2) were low and high, at 1.71 and 3.41, respectfully. For psychological factors related to safe driving behavior, first, the mean score of future orientation and self-control was 3.51 or high. Second, the mean score of internal health locus of control was 3.76 or high, and external health locus of control was 3.13 or moderate. Third, the mean score of self-efficacy in safety behavior (SE) was 2.99 or high. Finally, the mean score of type a behavior (TA) was 3.07 or moderate. For safety belief factors related to safety driving behavior, the mean score of perceived benefits to safety behavior (PB) was 3.73 or high. Finally, the mean score of perceived obstacles to safety behavior was 3.19 or moderate. After correlation and analyzing of all of factors related to safe driving behavior, the predictability of population, psychology and driving safety beliefs were investigated. The predictability of safe driving behavior by intention to have a safety driving behavior (SB1), was 3 independent variables. They were: gender (Gen), future orientation and self-control (FO), and internal health locus of control (LC1). All 3 independent variables could predict safety driving behavior through intention to have safety driving behavior (SB1) by 6.0% (R2= 0.060). Safe driving behavior through care and good habits while driving (SB2) had 6 independent variables. They were: gender (Gen), future orientation and self-control (FO), internal health locus of control (LC1), external health locus of control (LC2), self-efficacy in safety behavior (SE) and perceived obstacles to safety behavior (PO). All 6 independent variables can predict safe driving behavior through care and good habits while driving (SB2) by 42.2% (R2= 0.422). From those research results, to make safety motorcycle driving behavior is to make the young access to any campaigns of information about knowledge of checking themselves about other risks be occurs accidentally as soon as lacking of mindset of safety. they can improve their skill if the community recognize, monitor and care to treat them in positive thinking, systematically. Significantly, stakeholders should aware of information and propagate basic knowledge of other factors that concerns intention to drive safely as well as give an opportunity to process of positive thinking to develop psychology through safety and strategic driving concerning the safety driving habit.