Prevalence and attitude of university students towards mobile phone use while driving in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and attitude of university students towards mobile phone use while driving. The present study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Five hundred and ninety-three participants were recruited for this study. Attitude, consequences and their involvement in various reckless behaviours pertaining to the use of mobile phone while driving were checked by a questionnaire. Overall, the majority of the respondents (90%) use a mobile phone while driving. About half of the participants had experienced consequences regarding texting while driving and had engaged in reckless behaviour. The majority of the students of Faculty of Medicine, Engineering Sciences, Earth Sciences, Administration and Economics and Orientation Classes were more frequently texting while driving (p < .001). The unmarried students were more often texting while driving as compared to married (p < .001). Overall, the majority of the respondents use the mobile phone while driving.     

Are there peas in a pod when considering mobile phone and mobile applications use: A quantitative study

Despite the acknowledgement of the significance of income, affordability and cultural factors in using mobile phones research, there are few studies on how these factors affect females' use of mobile technology. Hence, this paper aims to expand knowledge on female consumers' use of mobile phones and mobile applications in developing countries. It develops a model based on combining the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology and the cultural influence model. Multi-stage cluster sampling was used to distribute hard copy questionnaires in Jordanian, Iraqi and UAE households led to 629 replies from female consumers. The results indicated that although income is an important factor, cost is not the highest barrier for females. Culture, society, national IT development and inclusive policies play a key role. This study contributes to existing literature by proposing a new integrated model acknowledging the role of income for females’ use of mobile phones.     

资本监管下中国97家商业银行风险承担行为的实证检验--基于一个新的研究框架

为了精确探索资本监管对商业银行风险承担行为的影响路径,本文建立资本监管约束商业银行风险承担动机、优化风险承担决策和预防风险承担后果这一新的研究框架。另外,本文以中国97家商业银行微观数据为样本,建立SD资本风险内生模型进行实证检验,实证结果证实本文结论突破了以往将资本监管对商业银行风险承担行为的影响简单概括为有效或者无效,使得政策启示更加具有针对性。