title: Effect of personality traits, age and sex on aggressive driving: Psychometric adaptation of the Driver Aggression Indicators Scale in China.
abstract: This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Driver Aggression Indicators Scale (DAIS), which measures aggressive driving behaviors. Besides, demographic variables (sex and age) and the big five personality traits were examined as potential impact factors of aggressive driving. A total of 422 participants completed the DAIS, Big Five Personality Inventory (BFPI), and the socio-demographic scale. First, psychometric results confirmed that the DAIS had a stable two-factor structure and acceptable internal consistency. Then, agreeableness and conscientiousness were negatively correlated with hostile aggression and revenge committed by the drivers themselves, while neuroticism was positively correlated with aggressive driving committed by the drivers themselves. Meanwhile, more agreeable drivers may perceive less hostile aggression and revenge. More neurotic drivers may perceive more aggressive warning. Finally, the effects of age and sex on aggressive driving were not same as most studies. We found that older age group perceived and committed more hostile acts of aggression and revenge than younger age groups. Female drivers of 49-60 years perceived more aggressive warnings committed by other drivers.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Huihui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China. Electronic address: quwn@psych.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Weina
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China. Electronic address: gey@psych.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xianghong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000374:Aggression / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Age; Aggressive driving; Driver aggressive indicators scale; The big five personality