dc.contributor.author	Farrell, Leah	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Geller, E. Scott	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Winett, Richard A.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Jones, Russell T.	en
dc.contributor.department	Psychology	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:32:19Z	en
dc.date.adate	2006-04-04	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:32:19Z	en
dc.date.issued	2006-02-27	en
dc.date.rdate	2006-04-04	en
dc.date.sdate	2006-03-02	en
dc.description.abstract	This study represents a collaborative effort among university academics and community stakeholders. Virginia Tech's (VT) Center for Applied Behavior Systems (CABS) teamed up with student groups following the death of a fellow student to create The A.R.K. Project. This multiple-component intervention study specifically targeted students on the VT campus, in an attempt to increase driver safety-belt use. Observations on VT students' safety-belt use and other safety-related behaviors (i.e., turn-signal use and cell-phone use) were made during pre-intervention, intervention, post-intervention, and follow-up study phases and compared with observations made on drivers in two non-equivalent control groups (VT faculty/staff and Radford University (RU) students). Evaluation of the project revealed no meaningful changes in daily percentages of VT student safety-belt use, when compared to that of non-equivalent control groups. Percentages by phase did vary in the hypothesized direction for VT students. Percentages by phase varied in similar ways for VT faculty/staff, suggesting the student-targeted intervention, over-all, was not responsible for the observed changes. However, one inter-personal intervention component, the Buckle-Up Flashcards prompt was associated with a particularly successful rate of compliance. Thirty percent of un-buckled drivers complied with this inter-personal response. Because VT student safety-belt use did not change as a function of the intervention, it was irrelevant to investigate response generalization to other safety-related behaviors. Instead, the author focused on covariation between safety-belt use, turn-signal use, and cell-phone use. Buckled drivers were significantly more likely to indicate turns with a turn signal and were significantly less likely to use cell phones. Other additional findings of epidemiologic importance were that safety-belt use was significantly more likely among VT faculty/staff than VT students and safety-belt use was significantly more likely among VT faculty/staff and VT student females than among VT faculty/staff and VT student males. Interpretations of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Science	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-03022006-172612	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03022006-172612/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31395	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	BODYpart1.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Abstract.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	TitlePage.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	BODYpart2.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Safety-belt use	en
dc.subject	University	en
dc.subject	Community	en
dc.subject	Intervention	en
dc.title	The A.R.K. Project: A Grassroots, Student-Led, Multiple-Component Intervention to Increase Driver Safety-Belt Use on a University Campus	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Psychology	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science	en

The A.R.K. Project: A Grassroots, Student-Led, Multiple-Component Intervention to Increase Driver Safety-Belt Use on a University Campus

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