Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents:: testing a contextual mediated model

Renan P Monteiro; Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho; Paul H. P. Hanel; Carlos Eduardo Pimentel; Valdiney V Gouveia

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2018.06.009

Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: testing a contextual mediated model

Renan P Monteiro, Gabriel Lins de Holanda Coelho, Paul H. P. Hanel, Carlos Eduardo Pimentel, Valdiney V Gouveia

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Abstract

The present study tested the role of various personality traits in explaining dangerous driving and involvement in accidents, using a contextual mediated model (N = 311). We initially found direct effects of personality traits on dangerous driving indicators (Big-5, Dark Triad, sensation seeking, aggression, and impulsivity). Subsequently, personality variables with predictive power were tested in the mediation model. Indirect effects of anger, psychopathy and sensation seeking on the history of involvement in traffic accidents were found, which was predicted directly by risky driving. The results are discussed based on the characteristics of each trait. Overall, our research replicates and extends previous findings and highlights the importance of psychological evaluations (e.g., personality test) when prospective drivers are applying for a driver license.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	106-114
Number of pages	9
Journal	Transportation Research Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Volume	58
Early online date	20 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.06.009
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

Personality
Psychopathy
Sensation seeking
Traffic psychology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Transportation
Applied Psychology

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