PERSONALITY AND BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES IN RELATION TO DRIVING ITEM RESPONSE

INTEREST IN THIS STUDY WAS FOCUSED ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN DRIVING ITEM RESPONSES AND SELECTED PERSONALITY AND BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES. SURVEY DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 432 RESPONDENTS INTERVIEWED IN THEIR HOMES ON 24 DRIVING ITEMS, 3 PERSONALITY VARIABLES /AUTHORITARIANISM, FEELING OF COMPETENCE, AND OTHER-DIRECTEDNESS/, AND 5 BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES /AGE, SEX, EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONAL RATING, AND SOCIAL AREA/. A MULTIPLE REGRESSION EQUATION WAS COMPUTED FOR EACH DRIVING ITEM, WITH THE 3 PERSONALITY AND 5 BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS AS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES. THE PROPORTION OF VARIANCE ACCOUNTED FOR BY EACH INDEPENDENT VARIABLE WAS AVERAGED OVER THE 24 DRIVING ITEMS. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE COMBINED PERSONALITY VARIABLES ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF THE VARIANCE IN THE AVERAGE DRIVING ITEM, WHEREAS THE BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 4 PERCENT. THE SUPERIOR CONTRIBUTION OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO THEIR HIGHER RELIABILITY. THE RELATIONS WHICH EMERGED BETWEEN THE PERSONALITY-BIOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES AND THE DRIVING ITEM RESPONSES WERE ESSENTIALLY THOSE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED FROM LOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Levonian, Edward
  • Centers, Richard
  • Case, Harry W
• Publication Date: 1965

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 26-34
• Monograph Title: Highway safety: 1963 and 1964
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 79
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Biographies; Data collection; Drivers; Education; Gender; Interviewing; Occupations; Personality; Reaction time; Regression analysis; Social factors; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222516
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1994 12:00AM