Japanese Journal of Traffic Pschology
Online ISSN : 2435-0028
Print ISSN : 0910-9749
Volume 37, Issue 1
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  • OHTANI Akira, KURIYAMA Azusa
    Article type: Articles
    2022 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 1-15
    Published: 2022
    Released on J-STAGE: July 15, 2022
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    Parental supervision(PS) is of critical importance to keep children safer and make them more independent while walking. This study investigates the impact of factors pertaining to parental involvement, such as attachment and caregiving, on PS for children while walking. One thousand and one parents who had children between the ages of 3 and 10 participated in this study. The participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire about PS in different traffic situations and the attachment-caregiving balance scale. The logistic regression analysis showed that parents who exhibited higher tendency of attachment seemed to hold the hand of their school-going child even where they felt relatively safe while walking. The results also found that parents who had a higher tendency of caregiving were more likely to hold the hand of their preschool child through the different situations while walking. The findings of this study are considered to be valuable from the point of view of traffic safety for children and in instilling a sense of independence.

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  • NAKANO Yukako, OKAMURA Kazuko, KOSUGE Ritsu, FUJITA Goro
    Article type: Articles
    2022 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 16-29
    Published: 2022
    Released on J-STAGE: July 15, 2022
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    This study investigated the effectiveness of group discussion added to a threat appeal-based educational intervention for young cyclists. Its purpose was to reduce the use of mobile phones while bicycle riding. Sixty-one young cyclists were assigned to either a control group that participated in a threat appeal-based educational intervention without a group discussion (n = 31) or an experimental group (n = 30) that participated in an intervention combined with group discussion. All participants completed questionnaires immediately pre- and post-intervention, and again after approximately three months. Results showed that self-reported frequency of mobile phone use during bicycle riding decreased after the intervention in both groups. The attitude towards the use of mobile phones while bicycle riding became significantly more negative after the trial in both groups, but the effect did not last for three months in the control group. The intention to refrain from using mobile phones while bicycle riding after the intervention increased only in the experimental group, and this effect lasted for three months. These results suggest that combining group discussion is an effective way to encourage young cyclists to refrain from using mobile phone while bicycle riding through a threat appeal-based intervention.

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