Personality traits and traffic violations: the serial mediating role of theory of planned behavior constructs and intention

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI:10.1177/00812463241234056

Pantilimon-Alexandru Găianu, Cezar Giosan, Paul Sârbescu

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Abstract

Driving behavior is a key factor in traffic accidents. Previous studies have shown a clear link between traffic violations and self-reported road accidents, with intention explaining a large part of the variation in violations. Drawing upon the Theory of Planned Behavior, this study aims to verify the mediating potential of behavioral, normative, and control beliefs on the relationships between personality traits and traffic violations. A sample of 236 drivers filled out several instruments measuring driving behavior, the Big Five personality traits, and the behavioral, normative, and control beliefs. The beliefs were measured for various behavioral situations conducive to traffic violations, constructed from the Theory of Planned Behavior. We performed a mediation analysis with composite values for the Theory of Planned Behavior constructs as mediator variables. The results showed a fully mediating effect of behavioral beliefs (attitude) and intention in the relationships between neuroticism, agreeableness, or conscientiousness and violations. Normative beliefs (subjective and descriptive) and intention had only a moderate mediating effect in the same relationship pattern. Agreeableness remained associated with violations, even after controlling for normative beliefs. Overall, our results highlight the mediating role of Theory of Planned Behavior constructs in the associations between personality traits and driving behavior. They also suggest that changing behavioral and normative beliefs may reduce the effect of personality traits on violations, which could help design more effective interventions to reduce traffic violations.

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人格特质与交通违章：计划行为理论构建和意图的连续中介作用

驾驶行为是造成交通事故的一个关键因素。以往的研究表明，交通违规行为与自我报告的交通事故之间存在明显的联系，而意图在很大程度上解释了违规行为的变化。本研究以计划行为理论为基础，旨在验证行为信念、规范信念和控制信念对人格特质与交通违规行为之间关系的中介作用。236 名驾驶员样本填写了几种测量驾驶行为、五大人格特质以及行为、规范和控制信念的工具。这些信念是根据计划行为理论（Theory of Planned Behavior）构建的，针对可能导致交通违规的各种行为情境进行测量的。我们将计划行为理论构建的综合值作为中介变量进行了中介分析。结果显示，在神经质、宜人性或自觉性与违规行为的关系中，行为信念（态度）和意向具有完全的中介效应。在相同的关系模式中，规范信念（主观信念和描述性信念）和意向只有适度的中介作用。即使在控制了规范性信念之后，宜人性仍然与违规行为相关。总之，我们的研究结果凸显了 "计划行为理论 "构建因素在人格特质与驾驶行为之间的关联中的中介作用。这些结果还表明，改变行为和规范信念可能会降低人格特质对违规行为的影响，从而有助于设计更有效的干预措施来减少交通违规行为。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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