Citation

Ludwig TD, Geller ES. J. Appl. Psychol. 1997; 82(2): 253-261.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608, USA. ludwigtd@conrad.appstate.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9109283

Abstract

Safety belt use, turn signal use, and intersection stopping were observed at 3 pizza delivery locations per driver's license plate numbers. After baseline observations, employees at 1 store participated in goal setting targeting complete stops. Employees at the other store were assigned a goal. Over 4 weeks, the group's percentages of complete intersection stopping were posted. Both intervention groups significantly increased their complete intersection stops during the intervention phase. The participative goal-setting group also showed significant increases in turn signal and safety belt use (nontargeted behaviors) concurrent with their increases in intersection stopping (targeted behaviors). Drivers decreased their turn signal and safety belt use concurrent with the assigned goal condition targeting complete stops.

Language: en