The transfer of stress from daily hassles to the driving environment in a fleet sample

It is widely recognised that stress can have a profound effect on individual lives. For organisations, stress has been shown to have considerable impact on several outcomes such as employee absenteeism, turnover, and injury rates. As work-related motor vehicle crashes have been shown to be the major source of workplace fatalities it is considered important to quantify the role of stress in fleet driving. This study aimed to investigate how stress from daily hassles (outside of work) may impact upon driving lapses, errors, and violations for drivers of Queensland Government fleet vehicles. Participants (N = 247) completed a modified version of the Daily Stress Inventory, the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ), and a brief questionnaire for demographic and exposure information. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that after controlling for age, gender, and hours per week driving, daily hassles significantly predicted DBQ scores. This suggests that drivers, subjective responses to specific antecedent events (e.g., hassles at home) places them in a vulnerable state that affects their driving behaviour. This is discussed in terms of Matthews (2001) Transactional Model of Driver Stress as are the implications of the Research. a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E215375.

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• Authors:
  • ROWDEN, P
  • Watson, B
  • BIGGS, H
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11P
• Monograph Title: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2006, Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Wednesday 25th October - Friday 27 October 2006
• Serial:
  • AUSTRALASIAN ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH POLICING EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2006, SURFERS PARADISE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: ABLE VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Drivers; Health; Management; Psychology; Questionnaires; Safety; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 155: Administration; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2144: Health; 9147: Interview; 2255: Psychology; 1665: Safety; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01060785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0734525516
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 10 2007 1:06PM