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A study on the behavioral inclination of motorcycle-riding freshman students of a certain university to wear safety helmets and its leading factors.A Master ThesisByTsat Ling-chuAbstractThe principal objective of this paper is to understand the behavioral inclination of motorcycle-riding freshman students to wear safety helmets. The paper shall also discuss the helmet-wearing behavioral inclination and health belief, as well as relationship between self-efficacy and locus of control. The mother group of this paper are the freshman students of a certain university during the first semester of 1996. The study employed the stratified cluster sampling method. 580 (286 males, 294 females) persons from 12 classes were randomly picked out as study specimen. A survey was conducted using a self-designed structural questionnaire. Effective questionnaires obtained were 517 (242 from males and 275 from females). Data obtained were analyzed through the one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, t-test, regression and stepwise regression. Important findings made by this paper were as follows:1.Behavioral inclination to wear a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle: When a fine for violation exists then there tends to be a possibility; when no fine exists then there tends to be a slight possibility; a significant difference is noted between the two.2.When health belief was used to predict or understand behavioral inclination to wear a safety helmet, it was found that when a fine exists, the total explicable variation is 34.14%; where perceived barriers of action, perceived benefits of action and perceived susceptibility show significant meaning. When a fine doesn''t exist, then the total explicable variation is 34.33%; where perceived barriers of action and perceived benefits of action show significant meaning.3.When self-efficacy was used to predict or understand behavioral inclination to wear a safety helmet, it was found that when a fine exists, the total explicable variation is 36.00 when a fine exists, the total explicable variation is 41.32%; and when a fine doesn''t exist, then the total explicable variation is 40.27%.4.When locus of control was used to predict or understand behavioral inclination to wear a safety helmet, it was found that when a fine exists, the total explicable variation is 12.46%; internal control, external control (powerful others) and external control (chance) can be effectively predicted. When a fine doesn''t exist, then the total explicable variation is 7.17%; only internal control and external control (chance) can be effectively predicted. 5.Best prediction variable: When a fine exists the total explicable variation is 41.8%; the biggest variable in predicting behavioral inclination is role of self-efficacy, others, in order of significance, are perceived barriers of action, internal control, and perceived benefits of action. When a fine doesn''t exist the total explicable variation is 40.1%; the variable with the best prediction ability is self-efficacy, other variables capable effective prediction, in order of significance, are perceived barriers of action and perceived benefits of action.According to the findings of this paper, it is possible to use health belief, self-efficacy and locus of control concepts as reference for designing a future motorcycle safety education for freshman university students.
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