title: Personality subtypes of young moped drivers, their relationship to risk-taking behavior and involvement in road crashes in an Austrian sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to identify subtypes of young moped drivers and analyze how these subtypes are involved in risk preferences and road crashes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of Austrian teenage moped drivers (213, 28% girls) completed an online questionnaire about moped usage, injuries, driving style, inattention, impulsivity, and personality according to the Five-Factor Model of Personality and Cloninger's model of personality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A cluster analysis yielded four types of moped drivers. One type was characterized by a high level of neuroticism, the second type was characterized by a risky personality and a risky driving style, the third type had a more cautious driving style, and the fourth type was characterized by a risky personality and high levels on inattention and impulsivity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our conclusions suggest that young moped drivers should not be perceived as a homogenous group, according to measures of injury prevention and intervention.
authors.affiliation: Catholic University College for Education, Graz, Austria. hannes.brandau@aon.at
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brandau
authors.forename: Fedor
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daghofer
authors.forename: Margret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D010551:Personality; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D057566:Self Report; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*