Personality characteristics of juvenile driving violators

THE JUVENILE DRIVER HAS A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE ACCIDENT RATE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO INADEQUATE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILES SO AS TO ENABLE THE DESIGN OF MORE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THIS STUDY INVOLVED ONLY THE FACTOR OF PERSONALITY. SINCE THE 1080 SUBJECTS WERE ONLY 15 YEARS OLD, THEIR TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WAS SMALL, REQUIRING THE USE OF VIOLATIONS AS AN INDIRECT MEASURE OF INADEQUATE DRIVING. FIVE PERSONALITY MEASURES WERE OBTAINED FROM A CLASSROOM-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE. ONE OF THESE MEASURES-EXPEDIENCY-WAS SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS EVEN AFTER CONTROL FOR THE OTHER PERSONALITY MEASURES, AS WELL AS FOR SEX, DRIVING EXPERIENCE, AND SOCIAL AREA. THIS RESULT IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO ACCIDENTS, AS WELL AS ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. /AUTHOR/

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