Validating Driver Behavior and Attitude Measure for Older Italian Drivers and Investigating Their Link to Rare Collision Events

Frontiers in Psychology

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Giuseppina Spano¹  Alessandro O. Caffò¹  Antonella Lopez¹  Luca Mallia²  Michael Gormley³  Marco Innamorati⁴  Fabio Lucidi⁵  Andrea Bosco¹ 

[1] Department of Education Science, Communication Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro;Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Foro Italico University of Rome;School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin;Department of History, Education and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata;Department of Psychology of Development and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome

关键词: driver behavior questionnaire;    self-regulation;    attitudes toward traffic;    older drivers;    confirmatory factor analysis;    count data;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00368

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The present study aimed to: (a) validate the factor structures of three scales assessing driving behavior, attitudes toward traffic safety (ATTS) and self-regulation in driving, in a sample of Italian older adults, through confirmatory factor analyses and (b) to determine the effectiveness of these measures in predicting the likelihood and the frequency of collision involvements in the following year. A 28-item driver behavior questionnaire (DBQ), a 16-item ATTS, a 21-item extended driving mobility questionnaire (DMQ-A) were administered to 369 active Italian drivers, aged between 60 and 91 years. Results showed a four-factor structure for the DBQ, a five-factor structure for the ATTS and a two-factor structure for the Extended DMQ-A, as the best fitting models. Hurdle model analysis of count data with extra-zeros showed that all factors of DBQ predicted the likelihood of road collisions. Risky behavior, except for aggressive violations, self-regulation and attitudes toward traffic rules were associated with the frequency of collision involvement. The aforementioned three scales seemed to be a useful and concise suite of instruments assessing risky as well as protective factors of driving behavior in elderly.

【 授权许可】

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