Predicting adolescent pedestrians' road-crossing intentions: an application and extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour.

Full Abstract

The present paper reports an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to the prediction of road-crossing intentions among adolescents. In addition, the sufficiency of the TPB was assessed by examining the additional predictive utility of moral norms, anticipated affect and self-identity. A sample of 1833 adolescents completed a questionnaire containing a scenario depicting a potentially hazardous road-crossing behaviour, followed by items measuring the TPB constructs, moral norms, anticipated affect and self-identity. Regression analyses revealed that the TPB was able to explain 25% of the variance in road-crossing intentions, over and above the influence of age and gender, with perceived behavioural control emerging as the strongest predictor. The additional variables were found to increase the predictive utility of the TPB. The results have a number of theoretical and practical implications. In particular, interventions should focus on perceptions of control in order to encourage safer road-crossing behaviour among adolescents.

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Author information

Author/s: Evans, Daphne (D); Norman, Paul (P);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Health education research (Health Educ Res), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 18 (issue 3) : pp 267-77

Dates: Created 2003/06/27; Completed 2003/08/20; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12828229, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Accidents, Traffic - psychology
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Age Factors
Child
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Intention

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