The Social, Psychological and Economic Impact of Car Accidents on the Victims' Families

Abstract

The study aimed at investigating the resulting effects on the families victims of car accidents in Jordan. The study focused on the social, economic  and particularly on the psychological effect as it is the most influential on such families who get depression and anxiety. As car accidents do not stop the study attempted to answer the following question:

1-     The social effects of car accidents on the families victims.

2-     The psychological effects  of car accidents on the families victims.

3-     The economic  effects of car accidents on the families victims.

To answer those question, a questionnaire consisted of (17) items delivered into the areas of the study was used.     The population of the study was the Jordanian community. The sample consisted of (250) young male and female whose families were exposed to different car accidents in the year 2012, (135) males and (115) females. The findings showed that the most influential effects on the families were losing the father where the family became in need to be cared about by different areas which caused them anxiety, depression and shocks that lead those families to separation, deviances and shame. This is because of they got a disable member and the high expenses of medical treatment for the injuries resulted from car accidents. As for minimizing the suffering families victims by holding courses and debates to educate people about road regulation. In addition, the government donated such families financial and spiritual help.

Keywords: Car accident, Jordan society, Social effects of car accidents, Psychological effects of car accidents, Economic  effects of car accidents