Understanding Traffic Safety Culture: Implications for Increasing Traffic Safety

2017 ◽  
Vol 2635 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Tazul Islam ◽  
Laura Thue ◽  
Jana Grekul
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Behavior Support ◽  
Law And Policy

Despite the success of various engineering, education, and enforcement measures, fatalities and injuries from traffic collisions remain one of the major global problems. It has been advocated that addressing this massive problem requires a fundamental transformation in the traffic safety culture of road users. Measuring and understanding traffic safety culture has gained growing attention in the field of traffic safety. This study, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, aimed to ( a) measure traffic safety culture related to distracted driving, impaired driving, and speeding; ( b) investigate how perceptions of these major issues are associated with self-reported behavior and support for related enforcement and policy; and ( c) explore the effect of respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics on traffic safety culture. A telephone survey based on a stratified random sample of approximately 1,000 residents in the Edmonton region of Alberta, Canada, was conducted in 2014. Descriptive analysis, multivariate confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling were performed. The results demonstrate statistically significant correlations among perceived threat to personal safety, acceptability of behaviors, self-reported behaviors, support for enforcement, and support for law and policy. Perceived threat to personal safety has a statistically significant influence on self-reported behavior, support for enforcement, and support for law and policy. Various sociodemographic characteristics have a significant effect on the perceived threat of traffic behaviors to personal safety. The results can be used to guide educational campaigns to transform traffic safety culture from one that is risk receptive to one that is protective.

scholarly journals Mental Health of Refugees and Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Experienced Discrimination and Daily Stressors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6354
Author(s):  
Eva Spiritus-Beerden ◽  
An Verelst ◽  
Ines Devlieger ◽  
Nina Langer Primdahl ◽  
Fábio Botelho Guedes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Daily Stressors ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Migrant Groups

The COVID-19 pandemic is a defining global health crisis of our time. While the impact of COVID-19, including its mental health impact, is increasingly being documented, there remain important gaps regarding the specific consequences of the pandemic on particular population groups, including refugees and migrants. This study aims to uncover the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of refugees and migrants worldwide, disentangling the possible role of social and daily stressors, i.e., experiences of discrimination and daily living conditions. Descriptive analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the responses of N = 20,742 refugees and migrants on the self-reporting global ApartTogether survey. Survey findings indicated that the mental health of refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly impacted, particularly for certain subgroups, (i.e., insecure housing situation and residence status, older respondents, and females) who reported experiencing higher levels of increased discrimination and increases in daily life stressors. There is a need to recognize the detrimental mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on particular refugee and migrant groups and to develop interventions that target their unique needs.

scholarly journals Organizational Commitment Can Improve Compliance of Blood Transfusion Procedure

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Edi Murwani ◽  
Stefanus Supriyanto ◽  
Suharto Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Improve Compliance ◽  
Nurses And Midwives

The purpose of this research was to improve compliance of nurses and midwives on blood transfusion procedures through increased organizational commitment. The study used observational analytic with cross sectional approach. 156 nurses and midwives who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria agreed to participates respondents and 46 observers agrees involved in the collection of data through informed consent. The sampling technique was simple random sampling. Data instrument collectors in the form of checklists and questionnaires. Analysis of the data used in the form of descriptive analysis, correlation, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Based on the findings of a new model, a model compliance nurses and midwives on blood transfusion procedures, organizational commitment can improve compliance procedure of blood transfusion if affective commitment and normative commitment improved.

scholarly journals Analysis of household attitudes towards mobile banking in kota padang Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 198-207
Author(s):  
Marshely Zulhaisa ◽  
Syafruddin Karimi ◽  
Endrizal Ridwan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Show ◽  
Technology Systems

The purpose of this study was to determine the household interest in using mobile banking in Padang City. The factors studied in this research were risks, benefits, conveniences, trusts, and technology systems. This study used primary data by conducting a field survey through questionnaires distributed to 273 respondents in the Sawahan Village, East Padang District, Padang City. The data analysis method in this research wass qualitative by using descriptive analysis techniques and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) processed with the AMOS program. Descriptive analysis was used to show the relationship between respondent characteristics such as age, sex, education level, occupation, and income and the respondent’s interests in mobile banking. While the results of the analysis obtained by the SEM method show that perceived benefits, perceived conveniences, perceived risks, technology systems influence household interest in mobile banking in Padang City, there is no influence of perceived trusts on household interest in mobile banking in Padang City.

scholarly journals Factors Driving Customer Satisfaction at Shopping Mall Food Courts

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Maram A. Mahin ◽  
Iman M. Adeinat
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Food Variety

In the service industry, when providers generate a high level of customer satisfaction, they can gain and maintain a major competitive advantage in the marketplace. This competitive advantage can, in turn, lead directly to high profitability and growth. In the present competitive consumer landscape, world, shopping malls must deliver high-quality service to customers given that as a service ecosystem the mall must optimize its own resources and the resources of others to improve both its own circumstances and those of others. Against this general background, in this study, we assess the quality attributes of a food court located in a shopping mall by identifying factors related to the shopping mall—ambience, food variety, convenience, the tenants in the food court, food quality, food price, and restaurant staff. A descriptive analysis and a multivariate analysis, including structural equation modeling, are performed using IBM SPSS and AMOS statistical software. The results of the factor analysis indicate that food quality, followed by convenience and food variety, is the most important factor driving customer satisfaction. The results highlight the importance of networks between different stakeholders in such an ecosystem and provide developers and service providers with information in regard to the attributes most implicated in predicting customer satisfaction in a food court. On this basis, customers are viewed not only as evaluators but also as partners in producing service.

Perspectives of individuals with multiple sclerosis on discontinuation of disease-modifying therapies

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1581-1589
Author(s):  
Marisa P McGinley ◽  
Philip A Cola ◽  
Robert J Fox ◽  
Jeffrey A Cohen ◽  
John J Corboy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Disease Modifying Therapies ◽  
Disease Modifying

Background: Therapeutic research in multiple sclerosis (MS) has focused on the development of treatments with little investigation regarding the possibility of discontinuation of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs). Objective: To understand the opinion of individuals with MS concerning stopping DMTs and the factors that influence the decision-making process. Methods: A mixed method approach was used starting with three focus groups from which a survey was developed. This survey was sent to 1000 participants in the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis registry who met inclusion criteria (age ⩾45 years; on most recent DMT for ⩾5 years). Descriptive analysis and structural equation modeling were used. Results: Of 1000 participants receiving the survey, 377 provided complete responses and met inclusion criteria. Only 11.9% of participants reported that if their disease was considered stable, they would consider coming off medications. A high level of external locus of control in influential others such as physicians significantly decreased the likelihood of considering discontinuation. Conclusions: Most individuals with MS report being unlikely to consider stopping MS therapy if their disease was considered “non-active.” As the results of studies concerning DMT discontinuation are obtained, information from providers will be an important part of individuals’ decision-making process.

scholarly journals The Influence of Competence and Organizational Commitment on Work Satisfaction and Their Impact on Performance Employee (Study in PT. KAI Divre III, South Sumatera)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Choiriyah ◽  
Wibowo ◽  
Hanes Riyadi ◽  
Husein Umar
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Work Satisfaction ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Research Objects

AbstractThe aim of this research is to analyze the effect of Competence and Organizational Commitment on Work Satisfaction and their impact on Employee Performance: A Case Study conducted in PT. KAI DIVRE III Palembang. The research design used in the research is explanatory design which explains the causal relationship among variables. The research location is in Palembang City, South Sumatra Province while the research objects is PT. KAI DIVRE III Palembang with 200 persons as employees. This dissertation used primary datafrom questionnaire filled out by the respondents.The sample selection used simple random sampling. The method of research used descriptive statistics using SPSS and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using Lisrel. The descriptive analysis shows that the level of Competence, Organizational Commitment, Work Satisfactionand Employee Performance is at a positive level. The results stated that the Competence has no significant impact on Work Satisfaction, Competence has significant impact on Employee Performance, Organizational Commitment has significant impact on Work Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment has significant impact on Employee Performance, and Work Satisfaction has significant impact on Employee Performance.

Contact, Perceived Threat, and Attitudes Toward Assimilation and Multiculturalism: Evidence From a Majority and Minority Perspective in Luxembourg

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Sophie Callens ◽  
Bart Meuleman ◽  
Valentová Marie
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Multiple Group ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
European Values ◽  
European Values Study

In this article, we study how attitudes toward the integration of immigrants (multiculturalism and assimilation) are formed through the interplay between immigration-related threat perceptions, intergroup contacts, and the different migratory backgrounds of residents in a host country. The analysis is conducted using Multiple Group Structural Equation Modeling on data from the 2008 Luxembourg European Values Study. Our findings indicate that stronger perceptions of threat are related to more support for assimilation among all residents and to less support for multiculturalism among native residents and culturally close immigrants. More contact with natives is associated with more support for assimilation among culturally close immigrants and with more threat perceptions among culturally distant immigrants.

Students' intention to adopt Internet-based personal safety wearable devices: Extending UTAUT with trusting belief

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devendra Potnis ◽  
Dawit Demissie ◽  
Kanchan Deosthali
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
Personal Safety ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Student Safety ◽  
Trusting Beliefs

In the backdrop of growing violence and burgeoning crime rates on campus, student safety is one of the topmost priorities for North American universities. While the promises of Internet-based personal safety wearable devices (PSWDs) are highly touted by manufacturers and the academic campuses that adopt them, there is a lack of empirical data on the level of user (student) acceptance. Drawing on the literature on IT adoption, in particular the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and trusting beliefs, we propose a model to investigate the factors influencing the intention of 405 undergraduate students to voluntarily adopt POM, a personal safety wearable device, at a four-year college in the Northeast portion of the United States. The empirical analysis of the model using structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that social influence, facilitating conditions in the form of resources, effort expectancy, and trusting beliefs influence the intentions of students to use POM.

Protecting the Next Generation

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Sundstrom ◽  
Laura A. Carr ◽  
Andrea L. DeMaria ◽  
Jeffrey E. Korte ◽  
Susan C. Modesitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Cues To Action ◽  
Fit Index

This study guides social marketing campaigns to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among young women by elaborating the health belief model (HBM). A self-administered, anonymous, web-based questionnaire was e-mailed to all entering female college students at a large, public university in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Findings elaborate the HBM constructs of perceived threat, benefits, barriers, and cues to action. Almost all participants had heard about the HPV vaccine and the majority of first-year students had received at least one shot in the vaccination series. Results expand understandings of perceived threat in relation to the HPV vaccine by explicating misinformation and knowledge gaps. Participants indicated that parents and physicians were their most trusted sources of vaccine information. Television and Internet cues to action were negatively associated with HPV vaccination among these women. Structural equation modeling results affirmed the HBM’s fit (comparative fit index = 0.935, normative fit index = 0.921, and root mean square error of approximation = 0.077). This finding suggests the importance of multimodal sources of information, expanding the dichotomous internal and external cues to action. Perceptions of vaccine safety remained a significant barrier to the uptake of HPV vaccination among participants. Racial disparities between White and non-White students could have a considerable impact on the established inequality in HPV vaccination rates in the United States. Results inform future social marketing campaign messages and strategies based on the HBM.

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