Highlights We examined mobile phone use behavior among Chinese e-bikers and the psychological predictors. 40.2% of the participants reported mobile phone use while cycling e-bikes in the past month. Both social reactive pathway and reasoned pathway contribute to decisions to use a mobile phone while riding an e-bike. Perceived behavioral control (PBC) is the strongest predictor of mobile phone use while riding e-bikes.

    Abstract Introduction: China has the largest number of e-bikers in the world, and e-bike crashes cause thousands of fatalities and tens of thousands of serious injuries annually. Mobile phone use while e-biking is a violation of Chinese law and associated with increased crash risk. The current study investigated mobile phone use behavior while cycling among Chinese e-bikers and the psychological factors surrounding why individuals might choose to engage in this risk-taking behavior. Method: In particular, this study investigates whether the decision to use a mobile phone while cycling is explained through reasoned decision making or is a social reactive decision, or both, as defined by the prototype willingness model (PWM). Questionnaire data were collected from 784 Chinese adults with e-bike experience. Results: Results showed that 40.2 % of the participants reported mobile phone use while cycling e-bikes in the past month. Both behavioral intention and behavioral willingness were predictors of mobile phone while using e-bikes, and they were approximately equal in their magnitude of predictive power (β BI = 0.25; β BW = 0.26). E-bikers’ attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and perception of prototype similarity and favorability were strong predictors of intention, willingness, and self-reported behavior to use mobile phones while e-biking. Conclusions: Both social reactive decision-making and reasoned decision-making contribute to decisions to use a mobile phone while riding an e-bike. Practical Applications: Results have implications for guiding development of interventions to prevent and reduce mobile phone use when e-bike cycling.


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    Titel :

    Mobile phone use while cycling among e-bikers in China: Reasoned or social reactive?


    Beteiligte:
    Wang, Huarong (Autor:in) / Su, Fen (Autor:in) / Schwebel, David C. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-01-17


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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