期刊
JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
卷 25, 期 1, 页码 96-105出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.008
关键词
Driving anxiety; Driving behavior; Assessment; Scale development; Motor vehicle accidents
资金
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R21MH064777, F31MH083385] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Although long recognized in the clinical literature, problematic behavior characteristic of anxious drivers has received little empirical attention. The current research details development of a measure of anxious driving behavior conducted across three studies. Factor analytic techniques identified three dimensions of maladaptive behaviors across three college samples: anxiety-based performance deficits, exaggerated safety/caution behavior, and anxiety-related hostile/aggressive behavior. Performance deficits evidenced convergent associations with perceived driving skill and were broadly related to driving fear. Safety/caution behaviors demonstrated convergence with overt travel avoidance, although this relationship was inconsistent across studies. Safety/caution scores were associated specifically with accident- and social-related driving fears. Hostile/aggressive behaviors evidenced convergent relationships with driving anger and were associated specifically with accident-related fear. Internal consistencies were adequate, although some test-retest reliabilities were marginal in the unselected college sample. These data provide preliminary evidence for utility of the measure for both research and clinical practice. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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