More aware, more protected: a cross-sectional study on road safety skills predicting the use of passive safety elements among Spanish teenagers.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study had two objectives: first, to test the effects of sociodemographic variables, and the effects of three key road safety skills (knowledge-risk perception-attitudes) on the use of passive safety elements (PSEs) among teenagers; and second, to assess the differential impact of the study variables on PSEs use from a gender-based perspective. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:This cross-sectional study was framed in the paradigm of primary care, and it involved students from several educational centres in Spain. A sample of 827 Spanish teenagers (52.4% females and 47.6% males) with a mean age of M=14.41-7 (12-19) years was used. RESULTS:Through SEM modelling, we found that the use of PSEs is largely explained by psychosocial variables through the mediation of three road safety skill

SUBMITTER: Useche S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6887036 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature