PREDICTION OF DRIVING BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING A GROUP DRIVER IMPROVEMENT SESSION

SEVENTY-FIVE NEGLIGENT DRIVERS, REQUESTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ATTEND A DRIVER IMPROVEMENT MEETING, WERE ADMINISTERED A PERSONALITY TEST AND QUESTIONNAIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE EXTEND TO WHICH DRIVING PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING THE MEETING COULD BE PREDICTED. THE MULTIPLE REGRESSION RESULTS INDICATED THAT AGE, SEX, SUBJECT'S "EMOTIONAL" RESPONSE TO THE MEETING AND GORDON PERSONAL PROFILE TRIATS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO TWO-YEARS SUBSEQUENT DRIVING RECORD. RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE TEST BATTERY HAS DIAGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE POTENTIAL FOR USE IN DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 54, No 1, PT 1, PP 45-50
• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychological Association

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• Authors:
  • McBride, R S
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • ISSN: 0021-9010

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Behavior; Driver improvement programs; Driver performance; Drivers; Gender; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Problem drivers; Questionnaires; Regression analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Driver improvement
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort; Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220961
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 1970 12:00AM