Brief Report: Personality and risk-taking: a brief report on adolescent male drivers

Vavrik, John

doi:10.1006/jado.1997.0100

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“…More recent research has uncovered personality influences on dangerous driving behavior. Vavrik (1997) studied male drivers between the ages of 16 and 21and found that a group of drivers with two or more vehicle crashes differed significantly on measures of affiliation, desirability, dominance, exhibition, and self-esteem than a group of drivers with no at-fault vehicle crashes. Furnham and Saipe (1993) studied personality correlates of risky driving and found that drivers who had multiple driving infractions scored higher on a scale of Psychoticism and lower on a scale measuring Neuroticism.…”

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Gender Differences in Predicting Unsafe Driving Behaviors in Young Adults

Skaar

Williams

2005

Driving Assessment 2005 : Proceedings of the 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Trainin

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Summary: Past research has uncovered personality influences on dangerous driving behavior and vehicle crashes (Furnham & Saipe, 1993; Matthews, Dorn, & Glendon, 1991). Recently, females between 16 and 20 years of age showed an increase in overall crash rate, while males within the same age group showed a decrease in overall crash rate (NHTSA, 2004; NHTSA, 2002). Adolescent and young adult females have become a critical cohort in the study of unsafe driving behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine gender differences in risky driving behavior and personality influences on these behaviors. Data presented are first year cross-sectional results in a 5-year longitudinal study. Participants were 141 male and female drivers who completed the NEO PI-R, the DDDI and a driving behavior questionnaire. In addition, the driving record of each participant was obtained from the State Department of Transportation. Females reported a higher rate of traffic violations and crashes than males. No personality traits were significantly related to crashes, but Extroversion was positively related to total traffic violations within females. The DDDI scales were not significantly related to traffic violations or vehicle crashes, but gender differences were shown within the risky driving and aggressive driving scales. Gender differences were also shown in the relationship between personality traits and DDDI scales. This data indicates that researchers and insurance companies should make an effort to consider females in their work. In addition, this study provides preliminary data on gender differences in personality as it relates to risky driving behavior.

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Gender Differences in Predicting Unsafe Driving Behaviors in Young Adults

Skaar

Williams

2005

Driving Assessment 2005 : Proceedings of the 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Trainin

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“…Personality characteristics such as aggressiveness, hostility, sensation seeking, normlessness, disinhibition, susceptibility to boredom, impaired risk perception, and perceived invulnerability, are associated with higher rates of risky driving behaviors and negative driving outcomes (Burns & Wilde, 1995;Furnham & Saipe, 1993;Greene et al, 2000;Iversen & Rundmo, 2002;Jonah, 1997;McMillen et al, 1991;van Beurden et al, 2005;Vavrik, 1997;Wells-Parker et al, 2002).…”

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The Role of Personality Characteristics in Young Adult Driving

Patil

Shope

Raghunathan

et al. 2006

Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…A impulsividade é um dos traços que tem sido frequentemente associado tanto a comportamentos de risco em geral 6 quanto a violações das leis de trânsito 7 e acidentes automobilísticos 8 . No entanto, os resultados de estudos sobre a relação entre a impulsividade e os acidentes de trânsito ainda são contraditórios, havendo resultados que ressaltam associações positivas [9][10][11][12] e outros, a ausência de relação 13,14 . Tais resultados contraditórios podem originar tanto diferenças metodológicas quanto na forma de definir o constructo "impulsividade".…”

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“…Impulsividade foi definida como tomada de decisão sem a consideração de todas as implicações e de cada aspecto da situação e as possíveis consequências do comportamento 14,28 . Postulou-se, similarmente, que a impulsividade estaria relacionada ao controle do indivíduo sobre o pensamento e o comportamento 29,30 .…”

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Impulsividade e acidentes de trânsito

Araújo¹,

Malloy-Diniz

Rocha³

2009

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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ResumoContexto: As lesões por acidentes de trânsito são um problema de saúde pública e constituem uma das principais causa mortis de adultos jovens no mundo. Objetivo: Revisar resultados relevantes sobre a relação entre impulsividade e comportamentos de risco e acidentes de trânsito. Método: O levantamento bibliográfico foi realizado nas bases MedLine, LILACS, Desastres, Cochrane Lybrary, no banco de teses da CAPES e PsycINFO, compreendendo o período de 1966 a 2006. Resultados: Dos 11 estudos originais encontrados ("n" de 3806 indivíduos), seis abordaram a associação entre impulsividade e comportamento de risco no trânsito e cinco trataram da impulsividade e acidentes de trânsito. A associação entre impulsividade e correr por aventura foi observada em dois estudos e a correlação entre impulsividade e infrações em três. No desfecho acidentes, três autores mostraram associação e dois não. Conclusões: A impulsividade está associada ao comportamento de risco no trânsito, correr por aventura e infrações. A associação entre impulsividade e mais envolvimento em acidentes é controversa. AbstractBackground: Injuries due to road traffic accidents are a major public health problem as well as one of the main causes of death among young males aged 15 to 44 years. Objectives:This paper reviews the relation between impulsiveness and risk driving behavior and between impulsiveness and traffic accidents. Methods: Bibliographic review. Sources: MedLine (1966MedLine ( to 2006, Cochrane databases, LILACS, Desastres, PsycINFO and CAPES theses archive. Results: In total, 11 original studies (n=3806). Association between impulsiveness and speeding for the thrill (02 articles), impulsiveness and driver violations (03 articles) and impulsiveness traffic road accidents (03 articles). Conclusions:The impulsiveness is associated to the risky driving behavior, "run for thrill" and "traffic violations". The association between impulsiveness and accident proness is controversal.

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Brief Report: Personality and risk-taking: a brief report on adolescent male drivers

Cited by 51 publications

References 4 publications

Gender Differences in Predicting Unsafe Driving Behaviors in Young Adults

Gender Differences in Predicting Unsafe Driving Behaviors in Young Adults

The Role of Personality Characteristics in Young Adult Driving

Impulsividade e acidentes de trânsito

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