• DocumentCode
    1840445
  • Title

    The effect of fear appeal on risky driving attitude and intention change: An experimental study

  • Author

    Yaoshan, Xu ; Wei, Diao ; Yongjuan, Li

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Psychol., Grad. Univ. of Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    13-15 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    255
  • Lastpage
    258
  • Abstract
    Risky driving is a worldwide issue. The purpose of current study was to explore the effect of fear appeal on the change of attitude and behavior intention to risky driving, such as speeding and failure to wear a seatbelt. A one-factor experiment with three treatments was designed to test the fear appeal´s effect. Results showed that the accident (fear appeal) videos can help to change drivers´ attitude to speeding and intention to wear seatbelt, respectively. Practical implications of the study were discussed.
  • Keywords
    belts; road safety; safety devices; behavior intention; fear appeal; risky driving; seatbelt; Accidents; Advertising; Driver circuits; Education; Road safety; Videos; Extended Parallel Process Model; risky driving behavior; seatbelt wearing; speeding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Business Management and Electronic Information (BMEI), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Guangzhou
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-108-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBMEI.2011.5916920
  • Filename
    5916920