The multidimensional driving style inventory--scale construct and validation.
Two studies were conducted in order to develop a multidimensional instrument of driving style. In Study 1, we developed a self-report scale assessing four broad domains of driving style-the multidimensional driving style inventory (MDSI). A factor analysis revealed eight main factors, each one representing a specific driving style--dissociative, anxious, risky, angry, high-velocity, distress reduction, patient, and careful. In addition, significant associations were found between the eight factors, on the one hand, and gender, age, driving history, and personality measures of self-esteem, need for control, impulsive sensation seeking, and extraversion, on the other. In Study 2, further associations were found between the eight driving style factors and measures of trait anxiety and neuroticism. The discussion focused on the validity and utility of a multidimensional conceptualization of driving style.
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School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel. taubman@mail.biu.ac.il
Mikulincer
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Gillath
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000786:Anger; D001007:Anxiety; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012309:Risk-Taking