Risk taking behaviour among adolescent pedestrian in Batna province

Abstract

The aim of this study was to reveal risk taking behaviour among the adolescents of the students of school of Batna. The researcher used the questionnaire of risk taking behavior, wich consists of 20 items distributed in five dimensions (violations, errors, lapses, aggressive and positive behaviours). The research sample consisted of 144 students (53 males and 91 females). The descriptive approach was used. The results showed that the risk-taking level of the adolescent pedestrian was high when comparing the computational average with the theoretical average.
The average of their estimations for violations reached the level at 59.68%, Errors at 64.30%. However, their estimates of lapses reached the level at 55.90 %. There were no gender differences in risk-taking behavior scores. The results showed that age was statistically positively associated with risk taking.