title: Young drivers' engagement with social interactive technology on their smartphone: Critical beliefs to target in public education messages.
abstract: The current study forms part of a larger study based on the Step Approach to Message Design and Testing (SatMDT), a new and innovative framework designed to guide the development and evaluation of health communication messages, including road safety messages. This four step framework is based on several theories, including the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The current study followed steps one and two of the SatMDT framework and utilised a quantitative survey to validate salient beliefs (behavioural, normative, and control) about initiating, monitoring/reading, and responding to social interactive technology on smartphones by N=114 (88F, 26M) young drivers aged 17-25 years. These beliefs had been elicited in a prior in-depth qualitative study. A subsequent critical beliefs analysis identified seven beliefs as potential targets for public education messages, including, 'slow-moving traffic' (control belief - facilitator) for both monitoring/reading and responding behaviours; 'feeling at ease that you had received an expected communication' (behavioural belief -advantage) for monitoring/reading behaviour; and 'friends/peers more likely to approve' (normative belief) for responding behaviour. Potential message content targeting these seven critical beliefs is discussed in accordance with the SatMDT.
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Kelvin Grove Campus, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Cassandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gauld
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Kelvin Grove Campus, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Ioni M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, School of Psychology and Counselling, Kelvin Grove Campus, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Kelvin Grove Campus, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia; Global Road Safety Partnership, International Fédération of Red Cross & Red Crescent Sociétés, Route de Pré-Bois 1, CH-1214, Vernier, Switzerland. Electronic address: c1.gauld@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012449:Safety; D000068997:Smartphone; D012919:Social Behavior; D060145:Text Messaging; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Beliefs; Public education messages; Smartphone; Social interactive technology (SatMDT); Young drivers