title: Personality traits and executive functions related to on-road driving performance among older drivers.
abstract: The present study investigated how executive functions and personality traits are related with driving performance among older drivers. Forty-two participants aged 60 and over were recruited to complete a battery of cognitive tests, measures of personality traits and an on-road driving test. Significant correlations were found between poor driving performances and low scores on tests assessing shifting and updating functions. In addition, extraversion had a negative relation with driving performance and made the only contribution, among the psychological factors, to the prediction of driving performance. Finally, gender and age emerged as the best predictors of on-road driving performance. Gender, personality traits and executive functions should be taken into account when studying safety among older drivers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Accidentology, Biomechanics and Human Behavior, PSA Peugeot Citroën - Renault (LAB), 132 rue des Suisses, 92000 Nanterre, France. julien.adrian@ceesar.asso.fr
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adrian
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Postal
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moessinger
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rascle
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001333:Automobile Driver Examination; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D056344:Executive Function; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires