Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

Monteiro, Renan P.; Coelho, Gabriel Lins de Holanda; Hanel, Paul H. P.; Pimentel, Carlos Eduardo; Gouveia, Valdiney Velôso

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2018.06.009

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“…Sensation seeking can be defined as seeking intense feelings through risk taking 56 . Sensation seeking is further associated with a range of dangerous behaviors, such as high-risk sexual behavior and aggressive driving 57,58 . Conversely, too little activation can be associated with depression 59 , which supports our finding that the optimum level of stimulation is not too high and not too low.…”

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Well-being as a function of person-country fit in human values

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It is often assumed that incongruence between individuals’ values and those of their country is distressing, but the evidence has been mixed. Across 29 countries, the present research investigated whether well-being is higher if people’s values match with those of people living in the same country or region. Using representative samples, we find that person-country and person-region value congruence predict six well-being measures (e.g., emotional well-being, relationship support; N = 54,673). Crucially, however, value type moderates whether person-country fit is positively or negatively associated with well-being. People who value self-direction, stimulation, and hedonism more and live in countries and regions where people on average share these values report lower well-being. In contrast, people who value achievement, power, and security more and live in countries and regions where people on average share these values, report higher well-being. Additionally, we find that people who moderately value stimulation report the highest well-being.

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“…We focus on aversive traits because they share common aspects, such as antagonism, callousness, and egocentrism, which leads people to care less about others ( Paulhus & Williams, 2002 ). However, it is common in the literature that the connection between traits and behaviors is mediated by ‘bridging’ variables ( Monteiro et al, 2018 ). For example, Zajenkowski et al (2020) found that perception of the COVID-19 situation was a stronger predictor of compliance with the COVID-19 regulations than traits.…”

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The dark side of Brazil: Effects of dark traits on general COVID-19 worry and responses against the pandemic

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Personality and Individual Differences

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Brazil is one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., 563,470 deaths until August 9th, 2021). Since the Brazilian government is partly struggling and partly unwilling to control the pandemic, staying healthy falls almost exclusively to the population. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the predictive role of personality traits to explain the willingness to combat the COVID-19 virus. In the present study ( N = 496), we investigated the Dark Pentad traits: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism, and spitefulness. Our findings revealed that the first four traits were consistently negatively associated with various measures that indicate whether the pandemic is taken seriously, such as the perceived severity of COVID-19 and intentions to act against COVID-19. Structural equation modeling further showed that general COVID-19 worry mediated the link between the Dark Pentad and adaptive and maladaptive responses. Our results indicate that all dark traits are associated with unsocial behaviors, but their relative importance varies depending on the outcome variable.

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“…Many studies have indicated that personality traits are an important factor in risky behavior among drivers. It was indicated that drivers were neurotic drivers [ 66 ] deliberately break the road traffic rules (intentional road traffic rules violation) and are involved in more accidents [ 67 , 68 , 69 ]. Neurotic and extraverted drivers are prone to aggressive behavior in road traffic [ 66 , 70 , 71 ].…”

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Study on the Relationship between Drivers’ Personal Characters and Non-Standard Traffic Signs Comprehensibility

Wontorczyk

Gaca

2021

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Drivers’ incorrect perception and interpretation of the road space are among reasons for human errors. Proper road markings are elements improving perception of road space. Their effectiveness relies on traffic participants receiving the provided information correctly. The range of signs used is constantly expanding and unusual situations in traffic require use of non-standard signs or an unusual combination of existing standard signs. The aim of this study was to explore the level of comprehensibility of four different types of non-standard signs. The relationship between the level of comprehensibility of these signs and personality traits of the drivers was also studied. A total of 369 drivers were tested using a questionnaire to analyze the traffic signs comprehensibility and Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). The obtained results indicate that symbolic signs, unlike symbolic and text ones, are much better comprehended by drivers. Men comprehend the significance of non-standard symbolic regulatory signs better than women. Higher level of comprehensibility of symbolic and text regulatory signs is shown by older, better educated drivers and professional drivers. The study found there is a link between personality traits of the driver and the comprehensibility of symbolic regulatory signs.

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Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

Cited by 40 publications

References 63 publications

Well-being as a function of person-country fit in human values

Well-being as a function of person-country fit in human values

The dark side of Brazil: Effects of dark traits on general COVID-19 worry and responses against the pandemic

Study on the Relationship between Drivers’ Personal Characters and Non-Standard Traffic Signs Comprehensibility

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