Investigating the Relation between Pedestrian Attitudes and Behaviors in Turkey

Year 2018, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 54 - 68, 30.04.2018

Gizem Serin , Cansu Öz Bahar Öz , Timo Lajunen

Abstract

The aim of this
study was to examine the relationship between pedestrian safety attitudes and
pedestrian behaviors by using the attitude questionnaire developed for this
study. For this purpose, in the process of data collection, the data were
collected from a total of 553 pedestrians whose age ranged from 18 to 55 by
using the newly developed Pedestrian Attitude Questionnaire and Pedestrian
Behavior Scale developed by Nordfjærn ve Şimşekoğlu (2013). Exploratory factor analysis
for the newly developed Pedestrian Attitude Questionnaire showed a two-factor structure
named as attitudes towards other road
users and attitudes towards traffic
rules. To examine the relationship between pedestrian attitudes and
pedestrian behaviors, hierarchical regression analyses were conducted. The
results showed that attitudes toward other road users were positively related
to transgressions and aggressive violations and negatively related to attentional
violations, and attitudes toward traffic rules were positively related to
transgressions, attentional violations, and aggressive pedestrian behaviors. 

Keywords

pedestrian behaviors, pedestrian attitudes, pedestrian behavior scale, pedestrian attitude questionnaire

Türkiye’de Yaya Tutumları ve Yaya Davranışları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı yaya tutum ve
davranışları arasındaki ilişkiyi, bu çalışma kapsamında geliştirilen bir yaya
tutum ölçeğini kullanarak incelemektir. Bu amaçla, veri toplama sürecinde yeni
geliştirilen Yaya Tutum Ölçeği ve Nordfjærn ve Şimşekoğlu (2013) tarafından geliştirilen
Yaya Davranış Ölçeği kullanılarak, yaşları 18 ile 55 arasında değişmekte olan
553 kişiden veri toplanmıştır. Yeni geliştirilen Yaya Tutum Ölçeği’nin faktör
yapısı açımlayıcı faktör analizi kullanarak analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan
açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda Yaya Tutum Ölçeği’nin diğer yol kullanıcılarına ilişkin tutumlar ve trafik kurallarına ilişkin tutumlar olmak üzere iki faktörden
oluştuğu görülmüştür. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amacıyla hiyerarşik
regresyon analizi uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar, diğer yol kullanıcılarına ilişkin
tutumların kural ihlalleri ve saldırgan davranışlar ile pozitif, dikkate dayalı
ihlaller ile negatif ve trafik kurallarına ilişkin tutumların yayaların kural
ihlalleri, dikkatsiz ihlalleri ve saldırgan davranışlarıyla pozitif yönde
ilişkili olduğunu göstermektedir. 

Keywords

yaya davranışları, yaya tutumları, yaya davranış ölçeği, yaya tutum ölçeği

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