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. 2020 Jan;8(1):19-26.
doi: 10.29252/beat-080104.

Identification of Factors Contributing to Traffic Accidents amongst Girls in Tehran with Specific Focus on Psychosocial Factors

Siyamak Tahmasebi  1 , Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi  2 , Tahereh Azari Arghun  3 , Forughe Edrisi  4 , Alireza Tajlili  5
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Identification of Factors Contributing to Traffic Accidents amongst Girls in Tehran with Specific Focus on Psychosocial Factors

Siyamak Tahmasebi et al. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To identify the human factors contributing to traffic accidents with a special focus on psychosocial factors amongst young girls of Tehran, Iran.

Methods: In a descriptive study conducted in Tehran, Iran in 2013, 108 girls aged 18-24 were enrolled by using a stratified cluster sampling method. Participants filled a wide range of validated questionnaires about traffic psychology.

Results: The developed psychological model about behaviors of drivers' factors as well as agreeable and aggressive personality trait with B coefficient of 0.25% and 0.37% were able to predict violation, driving style, perception of police laws, and off hook scheme and the mistrust with B coefficient of 0.33%, 0.23% and 0.28% in the level of 0.1 were able to predict violations and lapses of sample group, respectively. Extroversion with B coefficient of 0.27% also predicted unintentional violations of girls. B coefficient for perception of police laws was 0.22%. This was 0.25% for openness to experiences. Concerning driving accidents, the perception of police rules has the highest predictability.

Conclusion: According to the results of the current research amongst girls in Tehran, a gender-sensitive interventional model can be designed for reduction of traffic accidents for this population group.

Keywords: Automobile driving; Psychosocial factors; Traffic accidents; Young girls.

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