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The role of affective processes on young drivers' risk perceptions: a dual process model approach

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  • B. McNally
  • K. Titchener

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Young adults continue to be over-represented in injury and death statistics associated with transport-related crashes. The current paper investigates the application of the dual process model of risky judgement to the processing of transport-related risky behaviours. One hundred Australian participants completed an online survey exploring four transport-related risky situations. Participants were assessed on their cognitive and affective evaluations of the risky situations as well as their self-reported likelihood of participation in them. The findings indicate that perceptions of risk for specific transport-related behaviours are not processed in a consistent manner. Predictive factors, including gender, affective and cognitive processing, as well as the subsequent self-reported likelihood of engaging in the behaviours, varied between situations. The research indicates that driver interventions may need to be individually targeted to specific transport-related risky behaviours to compensate for the variation in predictive factors.

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  • B. McNally & K. Titchener, 2012. "The role of affective processes on young drivers' risk perceptions: a dual process model approach," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(1), pages 39-51, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:15:y:2012:i:1:p:39-51
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2011.601321
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    2. Yoo, Hyeonmi & Kim, JaeWook, 2019. "Creating and sharing a bigger value: A dual process model of inter-firm CSV relative to firm performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 542-550.

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