Dimensions of Driving Behaviour and Driver Characteristics

Autor: Nicolaos E. Synodinos, C. S. Papacostas
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Applied Psychology. 37:3-13
ISSN: 1464-0597
0269-994X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1988.tb01122.x
Popis: Quatre dimensions de la conduite automobile, decrite par ceux qui la pratiquent, mesuree par le questionnaire Conduites en Circulation (BIT), furent etudiees avec plusieurs variables. Les resultats montrent que l‘âge, le sexe et l'ethnie sont correles a la dimension appelee “usurpation de priorite”; le sexe et la frequence de la conduite a“voie d'urgence”; l'ethnie et le mode de voyage prefere a “exteriorisation de la frustration”; le sexe a“destination-orientation d'activite”. Les sujets caucasiens et japonais ont des reactions clairement distinctes de celles des autres conducteurs sur la route. De meme, des quatre dimensions de la conduite automobile, seule “exteriorisation de la frustration” (p. ex. les reactions emotionnelles et directives vis-a-vis des autres chauffeurs) est liee au modele de comportement de Type A, propose par la version etudiante du Jenkins. Cette correlation se produit avec l’âge, le sexe et l'ethnie. Quand elles sont considerees comme liees a ce facteur, plutot qu‘a une mesure composite de la conduite automobile, les differences entre hommes et femmes disparaissent. Done les differences dues au sexe le sont en regard des trois autres facteurs. Four dimensions of self-reported driving behaviour, measured by the Behaviors in Traffic (BIT) questionnaire, were investigated vis-a-vis selected driver characteristics. Age, gender, and ethnicity were found to be related to the dimension that has been labelled “usurpation of right-of-way”; gender and driving frequency to “frceway urgency”; ethnicity and preferred mode of travel to “externally-focused frustration”; and gender to “destination-activity orientation”. Caucasian and Japanese subjects reported distinctly differing reactions to the actions of other drivers on the road. Also, of the four components of driving behaviour, only “externally-focused frustration” (i.e. emotional and directive behaviour towards other drivers on the road) was found to be related to the Type A behaviour pattern as measured by the student version of the Jenkins Activity Survey. This relationship was consistent across age, gender, and ethnicity. When viewed in relation to this factor, rather than in relation to a composite measure of driver behaviour, the reported differences between males and females disappeared. Hence, gender differences were due to the other three factors.
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