INTERNAL LOCUS OF CONTROL MODERATES THE EFFECTS OF ROAD-HOSTILITY ON RECALLED DRIVING BEHAVIOR

In this study, the authors hypothesize that road-hostility is positively correlated with dangerous driving behavior (DDB) and motor vehicle accidents, and that driving internal locus of control (DI) would interact with road-hostility in relation to DDB and motor vehicle accidents. To test this hypothesis, 95 Israeli undergraduate students anonymously completed scales assessing road-hostility, DI, and the speed and deviance subscales of the driving style questionnaire (DSQ-score). Only road-hostility was significantly correlated with DSQ-scores. DI moderated the effects of road-hostility in relation to DSQ-scores: the association between road-hostility and DSQ-scores was larger among subjects with low than with high levels of DI. Other findings showed that 64% of high-hostile low-DI drivers were involved in an accident compared to only 29% of high-hostile high-DI drivers. These findings may have implications for the prevention of DDB, so that scarce resources of behavior modification may be used with drivers screened specifically on combinations of risk-factors.

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• Authors:
  • Gidron, Y
  • Gal, R
  • Desevilya, H S
• Publication Date: 2003-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 109-116
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1369-8478
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Behavior modification; Crash risk forecasting; Crashes; Drivers; High risk drivers; Hypothesis testing; Psychological aspects; Psychological tests; Questionnaires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Locus of control
• Geographic Terms: Israel
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961881
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 29 2003 12:00AM