Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202126

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	Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample
	Wang, Yuchen 1,2; Qu, Weina1 ; Ge, Yan1 ; Sun, Xianghong1 ; Zhang, Kan1
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2018-09-06
卷号	13 期号:9 页码:17
ISSN号	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0202126
英文摘要	Driving style is an important factor in driving psychology, which is useful for effectively evaluating driving behaviors. Exploring driving style in a Chinese sample could help understand the overall situation of Chinese drivers. This study aims to develop a measurement of driving style fit for the Chinese situation and to validate the validity and reliability of this scale. In this study, 296 drivers from China completed the Chinese version of the multidimensional driving style inventory (MDSI), the Big Five Inventory (BFI), and the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) as well as several questions about socio-demographic information. After testing the assumed structure by a confirmatory factor analysis, and adjusting the structure, a brief version of Chinese version of MDSI with twelve items categorized into four driving styles, namely, risky style, angry- high-velocity style, careful style and anxious style was revised. The validity and reliability of the scales were acceptable. The results showed that driving styles were closely correlated with self-reported driving behaviors. Specifically, risky style, angry- high-velocity style, and anxious style are all positively associated with dangerous driving behaviors. Meanwhile, careful style was positively associated with positive driving behaviors and negatively correlated with dangerous driving behaviors. Anxious was also found to be negatively associated with fines. For personality, we found a positive relationship between risky, angry- high-velocity, careful and anxious styles and the personality traits that often have negative effects on driving, such as extraversion and neuroticism. Meanwhile, these three styles were negatively correlated with conscientiousness and agreeableness in general. In addition, careful style was positively correlated with conscientiousness and agreeableness. The current study shows convincing evidence for the validity and reliability of the brief MDSI-C and develops a useful tool for identify the driving style of Chinese drivers for future research and relevant departments of road safety.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Plan of China[2017YFB0802800] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[U1736220] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31400886] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31771225] ; Basic Project of National Science and Technology of China[2009FY110100] ; Pioneer Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Feature Institutes Program[TSS-2015-06] ; NSFC[U1736220] ; NSFC[31400886] ; NSFC[31771225] ; [TSS-201506]
WOS关键词	SENSATION SEEKING ; SELF-REPORT ; SHORT VERSION ; SCALE ; BEHAVIORS ; DRIVERS ; INVOLVEMENT ; RISK ; VIOLATIONS ; ATTITUDES
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000444228700005
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Plan of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Basic Project of National Science and Technology of China ; Pioneer Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Feature Institutes Program ; NSFC
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/27005]
专题	心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
通讯作者	Ge, Yan
作者单位	1.Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yuchen,Qu, Weina,Ge, Yan,et al. Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample[J]. PLOS ONE,2018,13(9):17.
APA	Wang, Yuchen,Qu, Weina,Ge, Yan,Sun, Xianghong,&Zhang, Kan.(2018).Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample.PLOS ONE,13(9),17.
MLA	Wang, Yuchen,et al."Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample".PLOS ONE 13.9(2018):17.