Aggressiv Perceived Severity: A Case Study

Perceived severity is the belief about the seriousness of the condition or behaviors, including social and physical consequences. Perceived severity of aggressive driving behaviors is the perception about how serious of the problem that car crashes or accidents could cause. If the drivers believe that the condition due to aggressive driving could only cause minor problems, such as a fine for running red lights, they are less likely to restrain their behaviors. If they believe that aggressive driving could lead to car crashes or accidents that cause serious injury and fatality (physical consequences) or suspension of driver’ license or a prosecution (social consequences), they are less likely to engage in these behaviors. According to the fact that the rate of drivers who engage in
For example, perceived benefits for disengaging in aggressive driving behaviors include: saving from fines caused by running red lights (tangible) and pleasing a family members who are worried about the individual’s safety when he drives. Higher perceived benefits might be associated with lower engagement of the risk behaviors. Interventions that aim to increase perceived benefits of actions of restraining the risk behaviors will increase the likelihood to take the actions.
Perceived barriers are the obstacles that the individual perceived for the actions to reducing their risk behaviors. The perceived barriers for restraining aggressive driving behaviors include: my friends will think I am not cool (tangible), I will be late for my events (tangible), I will be so anger in some situations when I stop dong that (psychological). These tangible or psychological obstacles could impede action to disengage in aggressive driving behaviors. The interventions that target to remove or reduce the perceived barriers could improve the likelihood of people’s action to restrain their risk