Social psychology of seat belt use: A comparison of theory of planned behavior and health belief model

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-191

  Şimşekoǧlu, Özlem ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Front seat passengers; Health belief model; Seat belt use; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS; HEALTH BELIEF MODELS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM); TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

EID: 41549090000     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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