title: Measuring risky adolescent cycling behaviour.
abstract: Adolescents are at a greater risk of being involved in traffic accidents than most other age groups, even before they start driving cars. This article aims to determine the factor structure of a self-report questionnaire measuring adolescent risky cycling behaviour, the ACBQ (Adolescent Cycling Behaviour Questionnaire). The questionnaire's structure was based on the widely used Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). A sample of secondary school students (N = 1749; age range: 13-18 years) filled out the questionnaire. Factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure underlying the questionnaire, which was confirmed on two equally large portions of the entire sample. These three underlying factors were identified as errors, common violations and exceptional violations. The ACBQ is a useful instrument for measuring adolescents' risky cycling behaviour.
authors: Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. hans.feenstra@maastrichtuniversity.nl
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Feenstra
authors: Robert A C
authors: RA
authors: Ruiter
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Schepers
authors: Gjalt-Jorn
authors: GJ
authors: Peters
authors: Gerjo
authors: G
authors: Kok
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001642:Bicycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires