英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of motorcycle safety education program on improvement of perceived sensitivity and severity of traffic injury, perceived benefits and barriers of safety riding behavior, self-efficacy and intention of safety riding behavior. A quasi-experimental design was utilized in university students in Tai-Chung. Two hundred and twenty-eight subjects were assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group, which consisted of 121 subjects, participated in a six hours program of motorcycle safety education program. The control group, which consisted of 107 subjects, had no such program. Before the program, a pretest was conducted to establish the baseline data to compare the two groups. After this program, posttest was conducted to understand the immediate effect. After six weeks, a post posttest was conducted to understand the delay effect. Data was analyzed by frequency, mean, chi-square test, t-test, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The findings and conclusions of this study were listed as follow: there were immediate effects on improvement perceived sensitivity, severity, barriers, and self-efficacy under control the pretest, but no delay effects in all dependent variables. Furthermore, over ninety percent students who participated in this program thought it would help them and worth to be used in the future. |