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Drivers Use of Seat Belts as a Function of Attitude and Anxiety
Author(s) -
ASHTON STEPHEN,
WARR PETER
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1976.tb00033.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , seat belt , association (psychology) , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , injury prevention , function (biology) , poison control , social psychology , medical emergency , psychiatry , engineering , medicine , psychotherapist , structural engineering , evolutionary biology , biology
It is shown that drivers' reported and actual use of seat belts are predictable from their opinions about the comfort and effectiveness of belts. These relationships are, however, moderated by anxiety about possible accidents, in that low‐anxiety drivers exhibit a stronger association between attitude and behaviour than do high‐anxiety drivers.