Risky behavior in young adult pedestrians: Personality determinants, correlates with risk perception, and gender differences

Herrero-Fernández, David; Macía-Guerrero, Patricia; Silvano-Chaparro, Laura; Merino, Laura; Jenchura, Emily C.

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2015.11.007

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“…Researches about pedestrian behavior have been carried out for years, with various approaches developed to measure pedestrian behavior, including field study (unobtrusive observation or video record) [ 17 , 18 ], simulation study [ 19 ], building mathematical models [ 20 ], and self-reported questionnaires [ 21 , 22 ]. The Pedestrian Behavior Scale (PBS) is a self-reported scale to assess injury risk behaviors among pedestrians of all ages, and was developed by Granié et al [ 21 ].…”

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“…Both openness and extraversion have been theoretically and empirically linked to sensation seeking [ 39 – 42 ], which has been found to positively correlated to the amount of hit suffered in a virtual pedestrian environment [ 43 ]. However, a study by Herrero–Fernández et al [ 22 ] found no direct relationship between openness and risk-taking among young adult pedestrians. This result needs to be verified in a larger sample, and also in developing countries.…”

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The joint effect of personality traits and perceived stress on pedestrian behavior in a Chinese sample

Zheng

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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While improper pedestrian behavior has become an important factor related to road traffic fatalities, especially in developing countries, the effects of personality traits and/or stress on pedestrian behavior have been rarely reported. The current study explored the joint effects of five personality traits (i.e., extraversion, openness, neuroticism, normlessness and altruism) and global perceived stress (measured with the Perceived Stress Scale-10) on pedestrian behavior (measured with the Pedestrian Behavior Scale) in 311 Chinese individuals. Results showed that altruism, neuroticism and openness significantly affected different pedestrian behavior dimensions, while global perceived stress also significantly and positively predicted positive behavior. Moreover, the effect of neuroticism on positive behavior was fully mediated by stress. Some explanations and implications are provided in the discussion section.

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The joint effect of personality traits and perceived stress on pedestrian behavior in a Chinese sample

Zheng

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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“…Integrated Risk assessment and risk communication methods must consider the perception of risk. This is all the more important since different theories have posited that risk perception is a predictor of risky behaviors [ 17 , 18 ]. However, several approaches of risk assessment not accurately represent the concerned individual's own estimate of risk [ 19 ].…”

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Knowledge and perceptions of health and environmental risks related to artisanal gold mining by the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional survey

Sana¹,

Brouwer²,

Hien³

2017

Pan Afr Med J

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IntroductionArtisanal gold mining is an activity ensuring the survival of about 700,000 families in Burkina Faso with a considerable contribution to the national economy. Techniques and chemicals used in the operation, have adverse impacts on health and the environment. Our study aims to evaluate the perceptions and knowledge of these different impacts among artisanal gold miners.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in artisanal gold mines Bouda and Nagsene in the region of the North of Burkina Faso. Two hundred miners over 18 years of age were interviewed.ResultsAll the participants have recognized that gold mining has health impacts and 88.5% felt these impacts as important with a significantly higher proportion among those with more than 3 years' seniority (p = 0.001). The environmental impacts were perceived as important by 64.5% of miners, with a significant difference according to the position (p = 0.004). Sixty percent (60%) of respondents could identify at least 3 of the 5 health impacts of gold mining listed and 49.5% acknowledged at least 3 impacts on the environment. The diggers had significantly more knowledge about the symptoms (p < 0.001).ConclusionStudy highlights the lack of knowledge of the Stampeders on the health and environmental impacts of artisanal gold mining. Findings might be used to develop more effective awareness campaigns in the future. Communication with diggers must focus on the risk perception because it appears that raising risk perceptions from low to high would have a major effect on behavior.

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“…In the study by Hatfield & Murphy (2007), they concluded that caution behavior was less common in men than in women, with this difference having been significant at signalized intersections for some passing behaviors, such as crossing the pedestrian signal, looking at the traffic while crossing, completing crossing at the marked pedestrian crossing, and conflict experiences (17). A large number of studies also indicate that men tend to show more risky behavior than women (7,24,26,27). Antic et al (2016) reported that men had a 4.1-time higher chance of showing at least one case of unsafe behavior when crossing the street than women (15).…”

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“…Pedestrian distractions were divided into listening to music (headphones), talking on mobile phones (via a mobile phone or hands-free calls), and message conversations (SMS, internet, mobile apps, or viewing cell phone details). The youngest age group (≤18) was considered as the reference age group, for past studies have shown that younger pedestrians exhibit riskier behavior than older ones, being more likely to experience a pedestrian-vehicle crash (22)(23)(24). Binary logistic regression models were employed to predict the unsafe behavior of the pedestrians.…”

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The hazards of pedestrian mobile-phone use when crossing signalized intersections, Iran (2017); an observational study

Khosromehr

Davoodi

2019

JOHE

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Article Info Background: Distracted walking is a major cause of pedestrian fatalities. Along with the expansion and popularity of mobile phones, their impacts on pedestrian safety, especially when crossing urban intersections have attracted a lot of attention. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of mobile-phone use on pedestrians' crossing behavior when passing signalized intersections. Materials and Methods: An observational study was conducted to compare the behavior of pedestrians using mobile phones (the reference group) with non-mobile phone pedestrians (the time-matched control group and the demographic-matched control group) crossing signalized intersections in 2017. For this purpose, the demographic information and walking behaviors of 513 pedestrians were observed. Furthermore, a binary logistic regression model was used to predict risky behaviors. Results: Using mobile phones has a direct impact on the unsafe behavior of pedestrians crossing signalized intersections. Mobile-phone users showed significantly less safe behavior (14.6 times) than non-mobile phone users (p <0.001). Using mobile phones to talk had the greatest impact on the vulnerable behavior of pedestrians (p <0.001). SMS conversations and listening to music were in the next positions, respectively (p = 0.283). Conclusions: Using mobile phones can often lead to the carelessness of pedestrians and their exposure to the possible risk of pedestrian-vehicle crashes. Applying the findings of the present research requires effective technologies and strategies to prevent the use of mobile phones by pedestrians at signalized intersections.

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Risky behavior in young adult pedestrians: Personality determinants, correlates with risk perception, and gender differences

Cited by 48 publications

References 74 publications

The joint effect of personality traits and perceived stress on pedestrian behavior in a Chinese sample

The joint effect of personality traits and perceived stress on pedestrian behavior in a Chinese sample

Knowledge and perceptions of health and environmental risks related to artisanal gold mining by the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional survey

The hazards of pedestrian mobile-phone use when crossing signalized intersections, Iran (2017); an observational study

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