EXPLORATION OF DRIVER STRESS USING SELF-REPORTED DATA --ROAD USER BEHAVIOR. THEORY AND RESEARCH. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROAD SAFETY HELD IN GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS, AUGUST 1987

It is usually assumed that driving can be a stressful activity, although little research has been directed at collecting evidence about people's experience of driver stress. The research hypothesis here is that driver stress is a compound function of factors both intrinsic (traffic conditions) and extrinsic (personal life) to driving. One aim of the study is to produce a self-report instrument which would be relatively quick and easy to complete and which could be validated for use as a measure of driver stress. Therefore a pilot questionnaire was developed which became known as the general driving behaviour inventory (gdbi). In this paper data collected through the inventory are dealt with. The findings support the usefulness of studying the subjective appraisal of driver associated stress. Analysis of results from the gdbi highlighted a cluster of traffic situations, as well as feelings about driving and other road users, which are associated with and predictive of driver stress. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 815404.

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• Authors:
  • Gulian, A
  • GLENDON, I
  • Matthews, G
  • DAVIES, R
  • Debney, L
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 342-7
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  • Publication of: VAN GORCUM & COMP BV
  • Publisher: Van Ggorcum & Comp BV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Conferences; Data collection; Driving; Interviewing; Psychology; Stress (Psychology); Traffic
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481972
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 90-232-2369-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM