Abstract

RUIZ, José Ignacio  and  LOPEZ, Laura Catalina. Perceived driving difficulties scale, hostility and extraversion: an correlational analysis with drivers from Bogotá. Diversitas [online]. 2010, vol.6, n.2, pp.449-462. ISSN 1794-9998.

In Colombia, there are very few works about associated factors to road-traffic accidentally. The aim of this research was both to explore psychometric properties of a perceived Difficulties to Conduction Scale (DCS) in Bogotá, in relation to several transit norms, and to study relationships between DCS with hostility, anger, extrovertion measures and bad practices of conduction: accidents and penalties. A non-randomized sample of bus, taxis and private cars conductors answered a questionnaire with this variables. Results showed a high internal reliability of DCS, a unique factor structure and relationships between higher EDC scores and higher hostility, anger, accidents and penalties. Extrovertion has an indirect influence in DCS.

Keywords : perceived driving difficulties; personality; hostility; accidents.

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