Journal
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 323-332Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00010-1
Keywords
driving style; personality traits; reckless driving
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Two studies were conducted in order to develop a multidimensional instrument of driving style. In Study I, we developed a self-report scale assessing four broad domains of driving style-the multidimensional driving style inventory (MDSI). A factor analysis revealed eight main factors, each one representing a specific driving style-dissociative, anxious, risky, angry, high-velocity, distress reduction, patient, and careful. In addition, significant associations were found between the eight factors, on the one hand, and gender, age, driving history, and personality measures of self-esteem, need for control, impulsive sensation seeking, and extraversion, on the other. In Study 2, further associations were found between the eight driving style factors and measures of trait anxiety and neuroticism. The discussion focused on the validity and utility of a multidimensional conceptualization of driving style. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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