Are fatalism and optimism an obstacle to developing self-protecting behaviors? Study with a Turkish sample
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Turkum, A. S.
(2006). Are fatalism and optimism an obstacle to developing self-protecting behaviors? Study with a Turkish sample.
Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal,
34(1),
51-58.
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In this study differences in self-protecting behaviors (SPB) were investigated in relation to earthquakes and traffic accidents in terms of demographic characteristics, having experiences of these events, fatalistic view, and optimistic expectations among a cohort of Turkish people (N = 398). Results show that participants’ SPBs vary according to the interaction among gender, marital status, number of children, and to the interaction among personal experiences of traffic accident and/or earthquake, and relatives/friends’ experiences of traffic accidents. The results of regression analysis showed that marital status, gender and optimism predict SPB.
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