The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers

	The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers
	Ge, Yan; Qu, Weina; Jiang, Caihong; Du, Feng; Sun, Xianghong; Zhang, Kan
摘要	The relationship between stress and road safety has been studied for many years, but the effect of global stress and its joint effect with personality on driving behavior have received little attention in previous studies. This study aimed to elucidate the impact of global stress and various personality traits on driving behavior. 242 drivers completed the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), the Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI), and several personality trait scales related to anger, sensation seeking, and altruism. The results showed that perceived stress and sensation seeking were significantly correlated with the four subcategories of dangerous driving behavior, namely, negative cognitive/emotional driving (NCED), aggressive driving (AD), risky driving (RD), and drunk driving (DD). Moreover, anger was positively correlated with negative cognitive/emotional driving, aggressive driving, and risky driving, and altruism was negatively correlated with aggressive driving and drunk driving. Hierarchical multiple regressions were applied to analyze the mediating effect of personality traits, and the results showed that anger mediated the relationship between stress and dangerous driving behavior and that this mediating role was especially strong for negative cognitive/emotional driving and aggressive driving. Collectively, the results showed that stress is an important factor that can affect people's driving behavior but that personality traits mediate the effect of stress on driving behavior. The findings from this study regarding the relationship among stress, anger, and dangerous driving behavior could be applied in the development of intervention programs for stress and anger management in order to improve drivers' ability to manage emotional thoughts and adjust their behavior on the road. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Stress Anger Sensation Seeking Altruism Dangerous Driving Personality Traits
	2014-12-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
ISSN	0001-4575
卷号	73 期号:0 页码:34-40
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000346453600005
引用统计	被引频次：93[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/13459
专题	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ge, Yan,Qu, Weina,Jiang, Caihong,et al. The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers[J]. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION,2014,73(0):34-40.
APA	Ge, Yan,Qu, Weina,Jiang, Caihong,Du, Feng,Sun, Xianghong,&Zhang, Kan.(2014).The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers.ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION,73(0),34-40.
MLA	Ge, Yan,et al."The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers".ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 73.0(2014):34-40.

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