تعيين رابطه بين ويژگي هاي شخصيتي و رفتار رانندگي در شهر شيراز

Relation of personality traits with driving behavior in city ofShiraz in 2005

نتايج تحقيق نشان دادند كه ويژگي هاي شخصيتي با رفتار رانندگي رابطه معنا داري دارد. بنابراين با توجه به اهميت رفتار رانندگي در ميزان تصادفات توصيه مي شود براي بهبود وضعيت رانندگي وكاهش ميزان تصادفات ارزيابي هاي روان شناختي در هنگام ارايه گواهينامه و پس از آن به طور دوره اي صورت پذيرد و مي توان آموزش هاي مخصوصي را براي آسيب پذيران به خطاهاي رانندگي در نظر گرفت.

Introduction: Driving faults have always been a cause of traffic problems and accidents in all communities. Rates and types of the resultant traffic problems vary and depend on cultural, social, economic, and geographical contexts. Environmental factors, control measures, administrative issues, and disparity between transportation infrastructures and number of vehicles are among influencing factors on driving faults. However, the human causes are the main influencing factor and are responsible for the highest percentage of driving faults. The present study was designed to investigate the personality factors that may be related to driving behavior and faults in city ofShiraz in southwest Iran in 2005. Methods: Participants were recruited with convenient sampling in places like car services centers and one central specialty clinic. Questionnaires included a demographic one, Perssian translation of Manchester Driver Behavior Questionnaire, and NEO FFI Personality Inventory. Analysis of variance and correlation analysis were used for analyzing data. Results: The findings showed significant positive correlation between neuroticism score and all types of driving faults (P < 0.05). Negative and significant correlations were found between agreeableness and extroversion scores, and driving faults (P < 0.05). No correlattion was found between conscientiousness score and total driving faults. Positive correlattion was observed between openness score, and non-violent faults (P < 0.01).