Browsing Institutt for psykologi by Journals "Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour"
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A multi-level approach to travel mode choice - How person characteristics and situation specific aspects determine car use in a student sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The presented study analyses travel mode choice in a student sample on four frequent trips: To the university, to work, to the favourite leisure activity, and to the favourite shop. The decision to use the car in contrast ... -
Aberrant driving behaviour among home healthcare workers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study investigates how job demands, such as time and work pressure, as well as fatigue and safety climate are related to aberrant driving behaviour including inattention, speeding, and driving while tired among employees ... -
Accident involvement among Iranian lorry drivers: Direct and indirect effects of background variables and aberrant driving behaviour
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Road accident rates among Iranian lorry drivers are considerably high and, according to empirical evidence, aberrant driving behaviours, summed to certain demographic, psycho-social and work-related factors, may explain ... -
Barriers to children’s walking to school in Iranian and Chinese samples
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Factors that contribute to children’s walking to school have been investigated in previous research, which primarily focussed on socio-economic variables in high income countries. There is a general lack of studies which ... -
Cross-cultural differences in driver aggression, aberrant, and positive driver behaviors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The present study investigated differences in driver aggression for self and others within countries and cultural differences between driver aggression, aberrant, and positive driver behaviors across five countries (Estonia, ... -
Demand for mitigating the risk of COVID-19 infection in public transport: the role of social trust and fatalistic beliefs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The rapid surge of COVID-19 cases worldwide drew attention to COVID-19 infection as a new source of risk in transport. The virus introduced a need for viral transmission mitigation as a major priority when selecting a mode ... -
Does the group membership shape evaluations on other drivers? The role of symbolic cues in traffic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The present study investigated the effects of group membership on drivers’ evaluations of themselves and other drivers. An online survey was completed by 144 university students. As measurement, mini Driver Behavior ... -
Driver behaviour among professional taxi and truck drivers: Light passenger cars versus heavy goods vehicles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Professional drivers are drivers whose profession is to drive a vehicle such as truck and taxi for working purposes. However, these drivers constitute a heterogeneous group and generalizing assumptions about risky driving ... -
Factors related to the intention to buy an e-bike: A survey study from Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The electric bicycle (e-bike) is a newly emerging transport option that brings several environmental and individual benefits. In order to promote e-bike use, it is important to understand which factors influence the intention ... -
Formation of crowdshipping habits in public transport: Leveraging anticipated positive emotions through feedback framing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)To meet global goals for emission reductions, widespread behaviour change is needed. This includes adoption of novel travel habits. Public transport–based crowdshipping represents an opportunity for linking novel travel ... -
A home-based approach to understanding the effect of spatial autocorrelation on seat belt non-use
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Roadside observations indicate that seat belt use rates are often spatially correlated with nearby areas. However, very few studies have examined the effects of spatial autocorrelation on seat belt use. This study used ... -
Intention to use bicycle helmet as explained by the Health Belief Model, comparative optimism and risk perception in an Iranian sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The present study was set out to identify variables which predict intention to use helmet among bicyclists. The theoretical framework was based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) integrated with risk perception and comparative ... -
Investigating driving instructors: The mediating roles of driving skills in the relationship between organizational safety strategies and driver behaviours
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of the present study is to investigate the mediating roles of driving skills in relationship between organizational safety strategies and driver behaviours among driving instructors. Driving skills consist of ... -
The role of psychological factors on the choice of different driving controls: On manual, partial, and highly automated controls
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present study investigates the role of psychological factors on the choice of three controls (modes) in driving a vehicle, namely highly automated, partially automated, and manual control. Traditional driving habits, ... -
The role of transport priorities, transport attitudes and situational factors for sustainable transport mode use in wintertime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The aim of this study was to investigate transport priorities as a predictor over and above transport attitudes and situational factors, for the use of active and public transport (PT) to and from university among Norwegian ... -
The Correlation Between Education, Engineering, Enforcement, and Self-Reported Seat Belt Use in Tennessee: Incorporating Heterogeneity and Time of Day Effects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Time of day and heterogeneity are two common factors that received less attention in self-reported studies concerning seat belt use. Although nighttime seat belt use rate is relatively lower than daytime, previous studies ... -
The driver behaviour questionnaire in South-East Europe countries: Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Using data from three samples and more than 1000 participants, this study have examined the psychometric properties of the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) in three countries from South-East Europe. Differences in ... -
The relationships between cultural variables, law enforcements and driver behaviours across 37 nations
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Transport risk evaluations associated with past exposure to adverse security events in public transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The current study aims to examine differences in risk evaluations according to whether individuals have been exposed to adverse security events in transport during the last five years. In addition, a path model is tested ...