Drinking behavior, personality factors and high-risk driving. A review and theoretical formulation.

Donovan, Dennis M.; Marlatt, G. A.; Salzberg, Philip M.

doi:10.15288/jsa.1983.44.395

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“…It has been argued that alcohol interacts with impulsive traits to intensify impaired and risky driving behaviors (e.g., Beirness, 1993;Jonah et al, 2001;McMillen et al, 1989). Indeed, questionnaire-based studies report that drivers who score high on impulsivity scales tend to report increased alcohol-related accidents (Donovan et al, 1983;Miller and Windle, 1990). A core cognitive-behavioral characteristic implicated in impulsive behavior is an impaired ability to inhibit pre-potent (i.e., instigated) behaviors.…”

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“…Indeed, some research suggests that these personality characteristics might also confer increased risk for alcoholrelated accidents in this population. Survey-based studies of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drivers found individuals who scored high on measures of impulsivity, sensation-seeking, and aggression also reported past histories of alcohol-related accidents, DUIs, and other traffic violations (for reviews see Donovan et al, 1983;Miller and Windle, 1990). These data have led to interactional hypotheses which argue that the impairing effects of alcohol on driving performance might be exacerbated by certain personality characteristics of the driver, such as impulsivity (e.g., Beirness, 1993;Jonah et al, 2001;McMillen et al, 1989).…”

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Acute disinhibiting effects of alcohol as a factor in risky driving behavior

Fillmore¹,

Blackburn²,

Harrison³

2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Automobile crash reports show that up to 40% of fatal crashes in the United States involve alcohol and that younger drivers are over-represented. Alcohol use among young drivers is associated with impulsive and risky driving behaviors, such as speeding, which could contribute to their overrepresentation in alcohol-related crash statistics. Recent laboratory studies show that alcohol increases impulsive behaviors by impairing the drinker's ability to inhibit inappropriate actions and that this effect can be exacerbated in conflict situations where the expression and inhibition of behavior are equally motivating. The present study tested the hypothesis that this response conflict might also intensify the disruptive effects of alcohol on driving performance. Fourteen subjects performed a simulated driving and a cued go/no-go task that measured their inhibitory control. Conflict was motivated in these tasks by providing equal monetary incentives for slow, careful behavior (e.g., slow driving, inhibiting impulses) and for quick, abrupt behavior (fast driving, disinhibition). Subjects were tested under two alcohol doses (0.65 g/kg and a placebo) that were administered twice: when conflict was present and when conflict was absent. Alcohol interacted with conflict to impair inhibitory control and to increase risky and impaired driving behavior on the drive task. Also, individuals whose inhibitory control was most impaired by alcohol displayed the poorest driving performance under the drug. The study demonstrates potentially serious disruptions to driving performance as a function of alcohol intoxication and response conflict, and points to inhibitory control as an important underlying mechanism.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Acute disinhibiting effects of alcohol as a factor in risky driving behavior

Fillmore¹,

Blackburn²,

Harrison³

2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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124

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“…driving in young drivers, 14,15 as do low parental monitoring and family connectedness. 16 These factors describe many of the characteristics found in incarcerated adolescents, and it is therefore important to target interventions to this population in order to reduce DUI.…”

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Effects of Motivational Interviewing for Incarcerated Adolescents on Driving Under the Influence after Release

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) to reduce alcohol and marijuana-related driving events among incarcerated adolescents was evaluated. Adolescents were randomly assigned to receive MI or Relaxation Training. Follow-up assessment showed that, as compared to RT, adolescents who received MI had lower rates of drinking and driving, and being a passenger in a car with someone who had been drinking. Effects were moderated by levels of depression. At low levels of depression, MI evidenced lower rates of these behaviors; at high levels of depression, effects for MI and RT were equivalent. Similar patterns were found for marijuana-related risky driving, but effects were nonsignificant.

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“…The finding that alcohol is associated with more risky behavior is robust across domains. In the field, alcohol consumption has been shown to lead to risky sexual behavior (Halpern-Felsher et al, 1996;Cooper, 2002), accident-related injuries (Cherpitel et al, 1995), and dangerous driving patterns (Donovan et al, 1983). Pathological gambling is more common among people with alcohol use disorders, and vice versa (Grant 5 A historical leader with apparently small propensity to anxiety is Queen Elizabeth I., who is said to have rebuked a jester "for being insufficiently severe with her" (Otto, 2001).…”

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Anxiety, Overconfidence, and Excessive Risk Taking

Eisenbach,

Schmalz

2015

SSRN Journal

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Drinking behavior, personality factors and high-risk driving. A review and theoretical formulation.

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Acute disinhibiting effects of alcohol as a factor in risky driving behavior

Acute disinhibiting effects of alcohol as a factor in risky driving behavior

Effects of Motivational Interviewing for Incarcerated Adolescents on Driving Under the Influence after Release

Anxiety, Overconfidence, and Excessive Risk Taking

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