CARTOON REACTION SCALE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DRIVING BEHAVIOR

HOSTILITY, AGGRESSION, AND OTHER PERSONALITY TRAITS WERE NOTED AS POSSIBLE INDICATORS OF PROBLEM DRIVERS. EVIDENCE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN CERTAIN TYPES OF HUMOR AND THESE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS WAS POINTED OUT. A CARTOON REACTION SCALE WITH FUNNINESS RESPONSE CHOICES WAS DEVELOPED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT PROBLEM AND NONPROBLEM DRIVERS WOULD RESPOND DIFFERENTIALLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY. OUT OF AN ORIGINAL POOL OF 150 CARTOONS, 34 ACHIEVED DISCRIMINATORY ABILITY. THESE CARTOONS WERE THEN ADMINISTERED TO NEW GROUPS OF DRIVERS. RELIABILITY COEFFICIENTS RANGED FROM .77-.80. VALIDATION AND CROSS-VALIDATION ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANCE BEYOND THE .01 LEVEL. THE TESTS ABILITY TO SEPARATE CONTROLS FROM PROBLEM DRIVERS WAS SHOWN BY A CUTOFF SCORE, BUT ITS ABILITY TO PREDICT WAS NOT DEMONSTRATED.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 50, No 4, PP 311-316
• Authors:
  • Kole, T
  • Henderson, H L
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Dimensional analysis; Drivers; Human characteristics; Personality; Problem drivers; Statistical analysis; Studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Cartoons; Dimensional measurement
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

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• Accession Number: 00222653
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 1994 12:00AM