Better understanding female and male driving offenders' behavior: Psychological resources and vulnerabilities matter!

Autor: Karras M; Université Paris Nanterre, Laboratoire CLIPSYD, Nanterre F-92000, France. Electronic address: karras.marion@gmail.com., Delhomme P; Univ Gustave Eiffel, Université Paris Cité, LaPEA, Versailles F-78000, France., Csillik A; Université de Lorraine, APEMAC, équipe EPSAM, Metz F-57000, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Accident; analysis and prevention [Accid Anal Prev] 2024 Jan; Vol. 194, pp. 107373. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107373
Abstrakt: Although driving risk taking appears to be mainly male, an increase in driving violations has been observed in recent years among French female drivers. The main objective of the present study was to explore the driving behaviors, psychological resources, and vulnerabilities of female and male driving offenders participating in a French driver rehabilitation program. The second aim was to examine to what extent females' and males' resources and vulnerabilities predicted their violations, engagement in distracting activities while driving, and prosocial driving behaviors. In the course of 110 rehabilitation programs, 1686 driving offenders (22.4% females) completed a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Compared to male offenders, females were more likely to have received a higher education, be divorced, or separated, and drive fewer annual kilometers. They also had had fewer demerit points than males in the last three years. They were more empathetic but also more impulsive than their male counterparts and less self-compassionate and mindful. Regression and moderation analyses revealed that, across genders, certain psychological resources such as mindfulness can be considered as protective factors for driving offenders as they tend to decrease dangerous behaviors and increase prosocial ones, while vulnerabilities such as aggressive driving anger expression seem to have the opposite effect. Our results provide a better understanding of driving offenders' behavior and the influence of personal dispositions. They also open new interesting research avenues in the prevention of dangerous behaviors among this high-risk population.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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