The relationship between religion and the on-road behaviour of adolescents in Iran |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Haft Bagh Alavi Blvd, Kerman, Iran;2. Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;3. Consultation Center, Tehran Education and Training Organization, Tehran, Iran;4. Driving Research Group, Cranfield University, UK;1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;2. Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain;3. Department of Pharmacy Administration, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;4. Department of Immunobiology, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Santobono Pausilipon Children Hospital, Naples, Italy;2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy;1. Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People''s Republic of China;2. Department of Neurosurgery, First People''s Hospital of Honghe City, Yunnan, People''s Republic of China;3. Department of Neurosurgery, People''s Liberation Army 115th Hospital (People''s Liberation Army 956th Hospital), Linzhi, Tibet, People''s Republic of China;1. Department of Injury Prevention and Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China;2. Department of Vital Statistics, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China;3. Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China;1. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;2. Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;3. Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran;4. Driving Research Group, Cranfield University, UK |
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| Abstract: | Iran has a high traffic fatality rate and a substantial proportion of those killed on the road are adolescents. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of religiosity and the on-road behaviour of adolescents as pedestrians, cyclists and other non-driving activities. A total of 1111 students attending secondary schools in Tehran (Iran) completed the Adolescent Road User Behaviour Questionnaire (ARBQ) and the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL). This study found that adolescents who participated less often in private religious activities were more likely to be: male, have relatives or friends who had been killed in a road collision, previously involved in a road crash themselves and engaged more often in dangerous playing on the road. Adolescents reporting higher levels of religious attendance and intrinsic religiosity were more likely to be: male, without a traffic accident history, younger, from public schools, studying at schools in large urban areas and more frequently engaged in planned protective behaviours. Adolescents with higher involvement in intrinsic religiosity tended to be those: without an accident history, who did not have relatives or friends that had been killed in a crash and who engaged less frequently in unsafe road crossing behaviour. The findings of this study indicate that the different dimensions of religiousness are related to adolescents’ behaviour on the road. Thus, it appears that religion may have a role to play in improving the road safety of adolescents in Iran. |
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| Keywords: | Religion Adolescents behaviour ARBQ DUREL Safety |
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