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A multimedia pedestrian safety program and school infrastructure: Finding the connection to pedestrian risk-taking attitudes and perceptions of pedestrian behavior
| Title: | A multimedia pedestrian safety program and school infrastructure: Finding the connection to pedestrian risk-taking attitudes and perceptions of pedestrian behavior. |
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| Name(s): |
Scott, Diana, Author Hoffman, Bobby, Committee Chair Sivo, Stephen, Committee Member Porter, Robert, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2014 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Approximately 47,700 pedestrians were killed between the years of 2000 - 2009. School buses are one of the safest modes of transportation (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2004). However, the Central Florida school district eliminated bus transportation within the 2-mile radius from schools just last year. Children must prepare for an alternative mode of transportation; walking and biking. The purpose of this research was two-fold. First to develop an online safety training program for elementary school children; and second, a self-report questionnaire was constructed and piloted to measure how safety training and school infrastructure affects students' pedestrian risk-taking attitudes and risk perceptions to avoid the dangers of walking and biking to and from school. A 2x2 Factorial Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to test two categorical independent variables (safety awareness training, school infrastructure) for each of the two continuous dependent variables (pedestrian risk-taking attitudes and risk perceptions of pedestrian behavior). Using data from the pilot study, the researcher developed, self-reported questionnaires demonstrated that there was a significant difference between schools. Those receiving the training had lower mean scores in risk-taking attitudes than those who did not receive the training. Regardless of intervention, School 2 (complete infrastructure) takes fewer risks than School 1(incomplete infrastructure). The mean difference between groups was not statistically significant. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0005248 (IID), ucf:50590 (fedora) | |
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2014-05-01 M.A. Education and Human Performance, Teaching, Learning and Leadership Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Pedestrian safety -- multimedia pedestrian training -- school infrastructure -- risk-taking attitudes -- risk perception of pedestrian behavior | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005248 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2014-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
