Background

Deaths from bicycle transport have increased by 30% in the past 10 years. This should be considered a problem from various aspects for this reason. Safe bicycle riding concerns not just wearing a helmet; it involves a wide range of matters that must be considered.

Methods

The universe of the study, which is of development and validation design, consisted of fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students (N = 503) enrolled in a middle school located in Istanbul during the 2017–2018 academic year. The data were collected with a 25-item questionnaire on sociodemographic features and bicycle riding behavior, and the Transtheoretical Model of scales. The adolescents in the study group were between the ages of 9–14; 49.5% were female, 50.5% were male. Used in testing for validity and reliability were the Content validity index, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, floor-ceiling effect, Hotelling's T2, Standard Error of Measurement, the paired sample t-test, and Pearson's correlation.

Results

The internal consistency reliability coefficients of the scales are α = 0.79 for the Cognitive Change Process Scale, α = 0.82 for the Behavioral Change Process Scale, α = 0.77 for the Pros Scale of Decisional Balance, α = 0.79 for the Cons Scale of Decisional Balance, α = 0.78 for the Self–Efficacy Scale.

It was found that the Cons Scale of Decisional Balance mean score was under average, all other scale mean scores were above the average. Of the adolescents, 24.5% were in the precontemplation stage of change regarding safe bicycle riding in the Transtheoretical Model.

Conclusions

Adolescents' safe bicycle riding behaviors can be evaluated by using scales that are valid and reliable. With the interventions to be implemented, changes can be achieved in safe bicycle riding behaviors and these changes can be screened with the Transtheoretical Model scales.

中文翻译：

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基于跨理论模型的青少年安全自行车骑行秤：开发和验证

背景

在过去10年中，自行车交通造成的死亡人数增加了30％。由于这个原因，应该从各个方面考虑这是一个问题。骑自行车的安全性不仅要戴头盔。它涉及许多必须考虑的事项。

方法

研究的范围是开发和验证设计，由在2017-2018学年期间位于伊斯坦布尔一所中学的五年级，六年级，七年级和八年级学生（N = 503）组成。数据是通过25个项目的问卷调查收集的，这些问卷涉及社会人口统计学特征和自行车骑行行为，以及量表的跨理论模型。研究组的青少年年龄在9-14岁之间。女性49.5％，男性50.5％。有效性和可靠性测试中使用了内容有效性指数，探索性因素分析，确认性因素分析，最低限度效果，Hotelling的T2，测量的标准误差，配对样本t检验和Pearson相关性。

结果

量表的内部一致性可靠性系数对于认知变化过程量表为α= 0.79，对于行为变化过程量表为α= 0.82，对于决策平衡的赞成量表为α= 0.77，对于决策平衡的缺点量表为α= 0.79 ，自我效能感量表的α= 0.78。

结果发现，决策平衡的Cons量表平均得分低于平均水平，其他所有量表的平均得分均高于平均水平。在跨理论模型中，有24.5％的青少年处于安全骑行变革的预想阶段。

结论

可以使用有效和可靠的量表来评估青少年的安全骑行行为。通过实施干预措施，可以实现自行车安全骑行行为的变化，并且可以使用跨理论模型量表筛选这些变化。