Taking a look behind the wheel: An investigation into the personality predictors of aggressive driving

Developing of an English Version of the Aggressive Driving Behavior Test (AVIS). Improving the Construct Validity of Aggressive Driving

“…These relationships prove the usefulness of the questionnaire, which is valid in predicting driving outcomes. Similar results were obtained by other research (Dahlen et al 2012;Greitemeyer 2012;Tillmann and Hobbs 1949). Regarding the internal consistency, all the three scales had very good alpha Cronbach coefficients.…”

“…These results are similar to those found by other studies (Dahlen and White 2006;Dahlen et al 2012;Jovanovic et al 2011). Encouraging results were obtained regarding the criterion validity of the test, there being a positive relationship between instrumental aggression, on one hand and number of accidents, tickets and license suspension, on the other hand.…”

“…It has been shown that aggressive driving is predicted by demographic variables such as gender and age (Marengo et al 2012;Schwerdtfeger et al 2010) as well as variables that refer to the psychological characteristics of the driver, such as personality factors (Krahe and Fenske 2002;Dahlen and White 2006;Dahlen et al 2012;Harris and Houston 2010;Herzberg 2009;Benfield et al 2007;Jovanovic et al 2011;Renner and Anderle 2000). Regarding the effect of driving aggression it was shown that high levels of aggressive driving predicts involvement in traffic accidents (Arnau-Sabates et al 2013;Sumer 2003;Lucidi et al 2010;Brandau et al 2011;Matthews et al 1991;Smith and Kirkham 1981;Loo 1979;Arthur and Doverspike 2001;Arthur and Graziano 1996), receiving a high number of fines and contraventions (Sansone et al 2012) as well as license suspension (Kim et al 2011).…”

Emotional–Behavioural Profiles and Parental Support in Adolescents with Motor Vehicle Accidents

“…However, one of the main issues affecting driving style and the likelihood of collisions that has been proposed is adolescents' personality, particularly when the following features are involved: sensation seeking (Rimmo & Aberg, 1999), anger and aggressiveness (Chliaoutakis et al, 2002), hostility, low empathy and poor parent-offspring attachment quality (Tambelli, Cimino, Cerniglia, & Ballarotto, 2015) and anxiety (see also Lucidi et al, 2010). Beyond these personality characteristics and measures, the role of impulsiveness in collision involvement in mid-adolescence (Steinberg, 2008) has also been heavily studied by researchers as a factor that could in turn increase the likelihood of road accidents (Dahlen, Edwards, Tubrè, Zyphur, & Warren, 2012;Lajunen & Summala, 1995).…”

A Model for Traffic Accidents Prediction Based on Driver Personality Traits Assessment

“…Considering the questionnaires used in these occasions it is useful to mention those which showed the greatest predictive character in describing unsafe behaviour. The most important results are obtained by the researchers who used the following measuring instruments for the assessment of aggressiveness in driving in general or through a specific dimension in the form of individual items: Driver Behaviour Questionnaire -DBQ [24], Driving Anger Expression Inventory -DAEI [37,38], Driver's Angry Thoughts Questionnaire -DATQ [39], Driving Anger Scale -DAS [6,38], Driver Anger Indicators Scale -DAIS [40]. There is no doubt that aggressiveness in driving is a reliable indicator, even when it is viewed with some caution in the sense of socially desirable responses which are inevitable in a survey research.…”