Influence of beliefs and attitudes as determinants of road accidents

Authors

  • Petra Marques Centro de Psicologia da Força Aérea Portuguesa
  • António Surrador Centro de Psicologia da Força Aérea Portuguesa
  • Soraia Jamal Centro de Psicologia da Força Aérea Portuguesa
  • Maria José Fonseca Centro de Psicologia da Força Aérea Portuguesa
  • Daniela Freixo Centro de Psicologia da Força Aérea Portuguesa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_19_22

Keywords:

Beliefs, attitudes, road accidents, études futures.

Abstract

Traffic accidents are a major problem in modern societies and have been studied in the individual differences level, especially in those cases were they might predict the behaviour of safety driving. In this exploratory study we intend to investigate the influence of individual beliefs and attitudes towards traffic in a military organization, as variables that may determine road accidents. Results show that the driver experience variable has discriminative power over the rate of accidents (criteria), and that personal beliefs do not have a significant impact on criteria. Guidelines are presented for future studies.

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Published

2012-12-01

Issue

No. 19 (2012): Equating the Knowledge of Risks and Catastrophes

Section

Articles

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