Testing risk perception in road users education: Development of a scale oriented to Spanish compulsory education.

Identifier:  imarina:6118915

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6118915

Authors:  García-Ros, R; Molina, JG; Ferrando, PJ

Abstract:
The perception of risk by people in traffic scenes is claimed as a relevant predictive variable of the way these scenes evolve and, therefore, an important content to be raised in Road Users Education? a subject in the Spanish school curriculum. In order to promote the availability of educational resources related to this subject, the aim of this work was focused in the development of a sca le oriented to measure the risk perception of traffic scents by school boys and girls (ages 6 to 14). The development of this scale was mainly guided by content validity and school usefulness issues. item analysis based on judge opinions and empirical data coming from a sample of 667 Spanish children supported the psychometric development of the scale.