PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALCOHOLICS IN TREATMENT WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED. DISSERTATION

The relationship between various psychosocial characteristics and driving while impaired (DWI) arrests within a sample of male alcoholics in treatment was explored. People were subdivided into three groups according to their number of DWI arrests in the previous 10 years as determined by self-reports and official driving records. Four main groups of variables were studied: sociodemographic characteristics, drinking characteristics, driving characteristics and psychosocial characteristics. People with multiple DWI arrests were significantly more likely than others to be single, lower in socio-economic status, lower in education, and younger. Multiple offenders rank less frequently, but drank greater quantities of alcohol per occasion and reported higher numbers of most drinks ever consumed in a day. Multiple offenders reported they drove more dangerously after drinking and enjoying driving in itself more than the others

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Western Ontario

  London, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • MacDonald, S A
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholism; Demographics; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Human characteristics; Psychological aspects; Social factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493939
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM