Safety beliefs and safe behavior among Midwestern college students

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Blair, Earl H ^a   Seo, Dong Chul ^a   Torabi, Mohammad R ^a   Kaldahl, Mark A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Personal responsibility; Safe behavior; Safety beliefs; Scale

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY; SAFE BEHAVIOR; SAFETY BELIEFS; SCALE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 2642563675     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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