Psychology-Based Research on Unsafe Behavior by Pedestrians When Crossing the Street

Ding, Tongqiang; Wang, Shengli; Xi, Jianfeng; Zheng, Longxi; Quan, Wang

doi:10.1155/2014/203867

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“…47 At the same time, as highlighted in the previous studies, authorities should also focus on community-based systems to meet the psychological needs of pedestrians, such as reducing waiting time. 6 Time-saving as an attitudinal question has been used in several studies in China, UK and Colombia. 19-25 In three studies conducted in UK and China, 20,21,25 researchers in addition to the time-saving, have used another item like get me to my destination more quickly, as one of the advantages of this behavior.…”

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Red light violation and pedestrians’ modal salient beliefs about unsafe road crossing behavior: a qualitative study

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: Background: Pedestrians are amongst the most vulnerable road users and their unsafe behaviors have a major impact on traffic injuries. The aim of this study was to determine the underlying psychological factors behind red light violation in pedestrians’ crossing behavior based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and to provide recommendations for preventive interventions. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in Tabriz, one of the metropolitan cities of Iran. 30 pedestrians were individually interviewed using semi-structured, open-ended questions to elicit salient consequences, social referents, and circumstances regarding pedestrians’ red light crossing behavior. The transcribed interviews were analyzed using directed content analysis followed by frequency analysis in order to detect modal salient beliefs. Results: A total number of 115 sub-categories were identified which were then classified in the ten predetermined categories of the Theory of Planned Behavior: advantages, disadvantages, positive feelings, negative feelings, approving referents, disapproving referents, behaving referents, not-behaving referents, facilitators, and barriers. “Saving time” was elicited as the most important both the advantage and the positive feeling. “Getting injured” was identified as the most serious disadvantage. “Lowering the level of culture” was obtained as the main negative feeling. “Friends/Peers” comprise the most prominent group among both the approving and the behaving referents, whereas “Family members” constituted the most significant group both among the disapproving and the not-behaving referents. “Being in a hurry” was introduced as the most substantial facilitator and “The fear of accident” was identified as the most influential deterrent factor. Conclusions: Based on the major findings, reducing pedestrians’ red light violations needs to focus: on the perceived negative and positive consequences and feelings of this behavior like getting injured, and saving time respectively; on the approval role of friends/peers, and the disapproval role of family; and on the fear of accident as a barrier, and rushing as a facilitating factor. More precise quantitative research is needed to determine the predictive power of these factors in such risky behavior.

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“…5 Despite the high injury and mortality rate of pedestrians and the importance of the human factor, which emphasizes the implementation of evidence-based safety promotion programs, insufficient attention has been paid to pedestrian safety. 3,6-10…”

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Red light violation and pedestrians’ modal salient beliefs about unsafe road crossing behavior: a qualitative study

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“…Pedestrians are amongst the most vulnerable road users globally, accounting for 23% of the world’s road accident deaths in 2018 [4]. Unsafe road crossing behavior exposes them to risk of trauma and death and imposes a heavy burden on the health care system [5, 6]. The United Nations (UN) recommends governments to pay more attention to vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, by making proper policies and practices for pedestrian safety [7].…”

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Measurement properties of self-report pedestrians’ road crossing behavior questionnaires constructed based on the theory of planned behavior: protocol for a systematic review

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Background Pedestrians’ unsafe crossing behavior exposes them at risk of trauma and death and puts a tremendous burden on the health care system. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) is one of the leading theoretical models used to develop pedestrians ’ road crossing behavior questionnaires, yet the quality of measurement properties of them has not been evaluated. The aim of the proposed systematic review is to evaluate the quality of measurement properties of the questionnaires constructed based on the TPB to predict pedestrians ’ road crossing behavior. Methods We will include studies validating or evaluating one or more psychometric properties of the self-reported questionnaire employing the TPB for predicting pedestrians ’ road crossing behavior. A comprehensive search strategy will be formulated based on the components of review aim. The databases of MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and ProQuest, also grey literature and the reference lists of the included studies, will be searched. A hand search for the relevant journals and Google Scholar will be conducted. COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) Risk of Bias checklist will be used to evaluate the measurement properties of the included questionnaires. First, we will assess standards for the methodological quality of each study. Then , each scale or subscale of a questionnaire will be rated using the updated criteria for good measurement property. We will quantitatively pool or qualitatively summarize the results and will evaluate them against the criteria for good measurement properties. Finally, we will grade the pooled or summarized evidence using the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach and provide recommendations for the most appropriate instrument. Discussion The proposed systematic review will evaluate the measurement properties of self-report pedestrians ’ road crossing behavior questionnaires constructed based on the TPB. The findings will help researchers in selecting the appropriate TPB - based instrument for pedestrians’ road crossing behavior. Systematic review registration PROSPERO CRD42017047793 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13643-019-1121-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The behaviour intension results from three major considerations in TPB: behaviour belief, which considers the extent of the individual's attitude towards the behaviour which leads to positive or negative outcomes, normative belief, which describes the perceived social pressure to perform or not perform the behaviour, and control belief, which is the individual's attitude about the presence of factors that may facilitate or hinder performance of the behaviour. On the other hand, the pedestrians' risk behaviour is predicted by evaluating the self-balance between the acceptable risk degree and the perceived risk degree [169]. The limited information that pedestrians can master leads to the gap between the perceived risk degree and the actual risk degree [170].…”

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“…Based on both the balance model and waiting-time threshold model, [169] analyses the pedestrians' unsafe crossing behavior.…”

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Psychology-Based Research on Unsafe Behavior by Pedestrians When Crossing the Street

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Red light violation and pedestrians’ modal salient beliefs about unsafe road crossing behavior: a qualitative study

Red light violation and pedestrians’ modal salient beliefs about unsafe road crossing behavior: a qualitative study

Measurement properties of self-report pedestrians’ road crossing behavior questionnaires constructed based on the theory of planned behavior: protocol for a systematic review

Optimization and scheduling for a large-scale urban transportation system involving human factors

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