Analysis of Electric Bicycle Riders’ Use of Mobile Phones While Riding on Campus

Yanqun Yang, Linwei Wang, Said M. Easa and Xinyi Zheng
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Yanqun Yang: College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
Linwei Wang: College of Civil Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
Said M. Easa: Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Xinyi Zheng: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: Based on the theory of rational action (TRA), overconfidence theory (OT), and deterrence theory (DT), this study explores the reasons for mobile phone use by Chinese students riding electronic bicycles (e-bikes) in Fuzhou City. We tested the reliability and validity of an extended TPB, OT and DT questionnaire (with 531 eligible responses) and constructed a structural equation model of mobile phone use behavior while riding e-bikes, based on the improved model. The structural equation model (SEM) is used to evaluate the relationship between the internal factors of mobile phone riding behavior. The results show that the correlation among mobile phone dependence, punishment mechanism, attitude, and controllable operation impacts e-bike riders’ behavior when using mobile phones while riding.

Keywords: electric bicycles; mobile phones; structural equation model; university student (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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