DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR DIAGNOSING DRIVERS PRONE TO DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FOR EARLY RECOGNITION. PHASE 1 - SETTING UP AND PRE-TESTING OF THE "ALCOHOL AND DRIVING SCREENING INSTRUMENT" (AFSI)
ENTWICKLUNG VON INSTRUMENTARIEN ZUR DIFFERENTIALDIAGNOSE ALKOHOLAUFFAELLIGER FAHRER UND ZUR FRUEHERKENNUNG. PHASE 1: ERSTELLUNG UND PRE-TESTUNG DES 'ALKOHOL UND FAHREN SCREENING INSTRUMENTS' (AFSI)
THIS WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF A PROJECT TO DEVELOP AND TEST PSYCHOMETRIC METHODS OF (1) EARLY RECOGNITION OF DRIVERS WITH ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, AND (2) DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE RELATIVE SEVERITY OF THIS PROBLEM. THE OBJECT WAS TO SET UP A SUITABLE RETRAINING PROGRAMME FOR DRIVERS. THIS PHASE WAS CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A MEANS OF SCREENING OFF (A) SOCIAL DRINKERS; (B) AVERAGE PROBLEM DRINKERS AND (C) SERIOUS PROBLEM DRINKERS. THE MODIFIED FORM OF THE ALCOHOL AND DRIVING SCREENING AID CONSISTS OF 93 QUESTIONS ON BIOGRAPHY, OCCUPATION, INCOME, FAMILY, LIVING CONDITIONS, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LEISURE AND DRINKING HABITS, DRIVING HISTORY, VEHICLE DRIVEN AND DRIVING BEHAVIOUR. THE DESIGN OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS BASED ON A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 175 MALE DRIVERS WHO HAD REPEATEDLY BEEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
Language
- German
Project
- Status: Completed
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Contract Numbers:
ITRD 7715
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Sponsor Organizations:
Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
Brüderstraße 53
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 51427 -
Project Managers:
Haas, R
NIESWANDT, J
Perrine, M
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Performing Organizations:
TECHNISCHER UEBERWACHUNGSVEREIN RHEINLAND E.V., MEDIZINISCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHES INSTITUT (ORGANIZATION FOR THE INSPECTION OF VEHICLES AND DRIVERS, KOELN LOCATION, MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE)
KONSTANTIN-VILLE-STR. 1, POSTFACH 10 17 50
KOELN 1, DEUTSCHLAND BR D-5000 - Start Date: 19770711
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 19781211
- Source Data: ITRD D702365
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Driver improvement programs; Drivers; Education; Interviewing; Intoxication; Research projects; Retraining
- ITRD Terms: 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 2284: Education; 9147: Interview; 8557: Research project; 1591: Retraining of drivers
- Subject Areas: Research; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01290699
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Contract Numbers: ITRD 7715
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 2:20AM