The effects of personality and gender on risky driving behaviour and accident involvement |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;2. University of Greenwich, Greenwich, UK;3. University of Reading, Reading, UK;4. Institute of Psychiatry, King''s College London, UK;1. CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China;2. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;1. MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex System Theory and Technology, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;2. MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex System Theory and Technology, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;3. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China;1. Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, 1040 Heping Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei 430063, China;2. Engineering Research Center for Transportation Safety, Ministry of Education, 1040 Heping Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei 430063, China;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ho Polytechnic, P.O. Box HP 217, Ho, Ghana;1. Department of Psychology of Development and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi 78, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, P.za Lauro de Bosis 15, 00135 Rome, Italy;3. Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Dei Marsi 78, 00185, Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigates the effects of personality traits and gender on risky driving behaviour and accident involvement. A sample of Norwegian adolescents in two Norwegian counties participated (n = 1356). Anxiety was significantly correlated to excitement-seeking and risky driving behaviour, and excitement-seeking was significantly correlated to risky driving behaviour and collisions. Through a regression analysis, personality traits and gender were found to explain 37.3% of the variance in risky driving behaviour. However, the relations were not very strong, and the personality traits did only explain a moderate part of the variance. Possible explanations for this as well as methodological considerations are discussed. Directions for further research are suggested. |
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