المخالفات المرورية لدى المراهقين وعلاقتها بمتغيرات وقت الفراغ والاتجاهات نحو ممارسة الانشطة الرياضية الخطرة

Traffic Offences Among Saudi Adolescents an‎d Its Relationship With Leisure Variables, an‎d Attitudes Toward High Risk Sport

The purpose of this study was to explore the common traffic offences among adolescents. In addition, to examine the relationship between traffic offences and (leisure boredom, sensation seeking, and attitudes towards participation in high risk Sport). Participants (N = 289) were recruited via stratified random sampling from grade (1st, 2nd, 3rd) of secondary schools (males) in Turaif city. According to the results, the common traffic offences observed among adolescents were, driving a car without wearing a seat belt, driving a car over speed limit, use a mobile phone while driving, engaging in Altaheet, engagement in car racing with others. Moving fast, recklessly between vehicles on public roads. The results also showed that adolescents reported high levels of leisure boredom, sensation seeking and attitudes towards participation in high-risk sports. A positive relationship was found between traffic offences and (leisure boredom, sensation seeking and attitudes towards participation in high-risk Sport). No significant differences were found in the leisure boredom, sensation seeking, and attitudes towards participation in high-risk Sport according to grade variable except in traffic offences. The researcher ended his study with numerous suggestions and recommendations such as these finding suggest that traffic offenders are arousing seekers and therefore must be provided with recreation programs including high-risk sports as socially acceptable activities instead of risky behaviors in driving to be psychologically rewarding a means of reducing boredom and to fulfill their thirst for excitement.