TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Social-psychological factors in motorcycle safety helmet use: Implications for public policy
JO  - Journal of safety research
A1  - O'Rourke, TW
A1  - Mortimer, R. G.
A1  - Allegrante, J. P.
SP  - 115
EP  - 126
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate social-psychological factors influencing safety helmet use by motorcycle operators.  Data were collected during personal interviews on a systematically selected sample of 235 motorcycle operators in a state without a helmet-used law.  Fishbein's linear model of behavioral intention in predicting intentions to use a helmet from attitudinal and social-normative factors.  Results showed that 53% of the variance in behavioral intentions to use a helmet could be explained from attitudinal and social-normative factors (R=0.73, p less than 0.01); the average correlation for the intention-behavior relationship was 0.86.  The principal finding was that the decision to use a safety helmet is primarily under attitudinal rather than social-normative control.  Analysis of the informational system underlying the attitude showed that intenders differed from non-intenders on belief factors of the safety and comfort-convenience consequences of a helmet use.  Findings suggest the need and justification for public policy to stress and educational approach to the problem of a nonuse now that individual states appear to be moving away from legislating mandatory use.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4375
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -