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{"title":"COVID-19 and speeding: Results of population-based survey of ontario drivers","authors":"Evelyn Vingilis ,&nbsp;Jane Seeley ,&nbsp;Christine M. Wickens ,&nbsp;Brian Jonah ,&nbsp;Jennifer Johnson ,&nbsp;Mark J. Rapoport ,&nbsp;Doug Beirness ,&nbsp;Paul Boase","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> During COVID-19, increased speeding was observed in many jurisdictions. Yet, evidence is limited on what factors predicted increased speeding during the pandemic. This study’s purpose was to examine speeding, and person and situation factors associated with increased speeding since the start of the pandemic. <em>Methods:</em> An online panel survey sampled 1,595 drivers using sex, age, and region quota sampling and weighting to approximate the Ontario, Canada adult population. Measures included: (1) person factors: socio-demographics (age, sex, region); psychological trait of risk propensity (Competitive Attitudes Toward Driving Scale (CATDS)); psychological states (distress - general and COVID-19-related); and behaviors (kilometers driven, alcohol use, police stops and collisions); and (2) COVID-19-related situation factors: perceived changes in (traffic volume, police enforcement). <em>Results:</em> 67.2% of respondents reported speeding; 7.2% reported increased speeding since the start of the pandemic. Bivariate analyses indicated that person factors of younger age, male sex, higher CATDS, higher distress, more alcohol use, more kilometers traveled, police stops, and collisions since the start of the pandemic were associated with increased speeding. Situation factor of perceived less traffic volume since the start of the pandemic was associated with increased speeding. Logistic regression analysis identified odds of reported increased speeding during the pandemic was significantly higher for drivers with higher scores on the CATDS, higher kilometers traveled, and more alcohol use during the pandemic. <em>Conclusions:</em> These findings suggest that higher risk propensity as well as the more kilometers driven and increased alcohol consumption were risk factors for increased speeding. <em>Practical Applications:</em> <!--> COVID-19-related factors of lower traffic volume and enforcement are less predictive of increased speeding than driver personality and pandemic-related behaviors of more driving and drinking. Interventions to reduce speeding still need to focus on these person factors through education, enforcement, and strong sanctions for speeding.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"91 ","pages":"Pages 58-67"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Traumatic workplace injuries: A cross-sectional analysis of OSHA severe injury reports, including the impacts of seasonality and COVID-19 from 2015 to 2022","authors":"Augusta A. Williams,&nbsp;Jarvis Marc","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> Millions of workers are injured on the job each year. Updated injury reporting regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2014 have resulted in publicly available data on reported severe injuries. <em>Methods:</em> OSHA severe injury reports (SIRs) were analyzed from 2015 to 2022. Severe injury rates were calculated using total employment estimates by industry and state to characterize the distribution of SIRs. Secondary analyses examined how SIRs differed seasonally, as well as before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. <em>Results:</em> There were 83,338 severe workplace injuries reported across the 29 states that are under federal OSHA coverage. Manufacturing (375.98 per 100,000 workers) and Utilities (277.21 per 100,000 workers) had the highest rates of severe injuries. Despite summertime peaks in SIRs, there were not significant differences between seasons when examining SIRs by industry (<em>p = 0.9763</em>) or various injury factors. 1,846 of the SIRs were heat-related, and Utilities had the highest rate of heat-related severe injuries (13.34 per 100,000 workers). There was a statistically significant difference in the average injury rate when comparing pre- and post-COVID-19 periods (<em>p &lt; 0.001</em>), which was statistically similar across all industries (<em>p = 0.8143</em>). <em>Conclusions:</em> Although several prior studies have examined the OSHA SIR data, this is the first known analysis of SIRs in relation to state- and industry-specific employment data. Despite the lack of a significant seasonality in SIRs, many industries seem to be impacted by heat-related injuries across all states. The number and rate of SIRs declined during COVID-19 similarly across all industries, with some industries maintaining low injury reporting rates through 2022. <em>Practical Application:</em> Findings of which industries and states may be experiencing a disproportionate burden of SIRs, including heat-related injuries, can inform injury prevention efforts. Additional work is needed to disentangle the drivers behind decreases in reported severe injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"91 ","pages":"Pages 38-49"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142012143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Head kinematics of human subjects during laboratory-induced ladder falls to the ground","authors":"Gabrielle M. Ferro ,&nbsp;Steven Rowson ,&nbsp;Michael L. Madigan","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> Fall-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered one of the most serious occupational injuries in construction. Given the frequency of falls from ladders, knowledge of head kinematics during ladder falls to the ground may help inform any potential improvement to construction safety helmet design and improve their protection against head injury. Therefore, the goal of this descriptive study was to measure head kinematics during laboratory-induced ladder falls to the ground. <em>Method:</em> Eighteen young adults wearing a hockey helmet simulated construction tasks that challenged their balance while standing on stepladders and an extension ladder with their feet at heights up to 1.8 m above padding covering the ground. Falls onto the padding occurred spontaneously or were induced by an investigator nudging the ladder to simulate ladder movement resulting from the ground shifting. Optoelectronic motion capture was used to capture head kinematics up to the instant immediately before head impact. <em>Results:</em> Of 115 total falls, 15 involved head impact with the padding and were analyzed. Head impact during all 15 of these falls occurred on the back of the head. Immediately before impact with the padding, head vertical velocity ranged from 0.42 to 3.88 m/s and head angular velocity about a medial–lateral axis ranged from 60.1 to 1215.5 deg/s. <em>Conclusions:</em> These data can be used with computer simulations or headform impact testing to estimate true head impact kinematics, or to inform future versions of construction safety helmet testing standards. <em>Practical applications:</em> This is the first study we are aware of to capture head kinematics of human subjects during ladder falls to the ground. These results have the potential to inform future versions of construction safety helmet testing standards and contribute to improved helmet design for protection against fall-induced head injury.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"91 ","pages":"Pages 50-57"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142012144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effectiveness of driving simulator training on driving skills and safety in young novice drivers: A systematic review of interventions","authors":"Sarah Krasniuk ,&nbsp;Ryan Toxopeus ,&nbsp;Melissa Knott ,&nbsp;Mackenzie McKeown ,&nbsp;Alexander M. Crizzle","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of driving simulator training on simulated/on-road driving skills and safety in young novice drivers. <em>Method:</em> Searches were performed in Embase, Global Health, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, and on Google advanced, Google Scholar, and the Transport Research International Documentation websites. A total of 1,630 unique sources (titles and abstracts) were screened by two reviewers independently with 99 full-text articles reviewed for inclusion. Studies were included if they were a primary driving simulator intervention study that consisted of a randomized controlled trial, quasi-experimental, prospective cohort, and case-control design, published in English between January 1, 2010 and January 26, 2024. <em>Results:</em> The review included 15 studies published in 2010–2022 (study sample size ranged from 30 to 183,197). Findings showed that driving simulator training (compared to control conditions) can immediately improve simulated driving skills (e.g., adjustment to stimuli, lane maintenance, and speed regulation), although it was unclear whether simulator training can improve on-road driving skills or safety, immediately or longitudinally. Studies showed low quality of evidence with increased risks of selection bias, confounding factors, and type I errors influencing findings. <em>Practical Applications:</em> Since it is not known whether driving simulator training has short-term or long-term benefits on drivers’ real-world driving skills or safety, it should not replace any training offered in driver education programs. However, driving simulator training can be included in driver education programs to supplement the in-class and on-road training. <em>Conclusions:</em> The quality of evidence in this review shows low confidence on whether findings accurately reflect true effects on driving skills or safety. Further research should enhance the quality of evidence and demonstrate the transfer effects of driving simulator training to valid measures of real-world driving before recommending any integration of simulator training into standard practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"91 ","pages":"Pages 20-37"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437524000975/pdfft?md5=bf38d9eccb6dfca92364a841aee5f373&pid=1-s2.0-S0022437524000975-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142012131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychological safety and psychosocial safety climate in workplace: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review towards a research agenda","authors":"Rebecca Kechen Dong ,&nbsp;Xiaomei Li ,&nbsp;'Banjo' Roxas Hernan","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> Research on workplace safety has seen significant growth in academic and industry-focused literature over the past 20 years. However, the extant literature on workplace safety tends to focus on safety outcomes of physical accidents and injuries while relegating its conceptual and theoretical development to the background. Psychological safety and psychosocial safety climate in the workplace are essential to workers’ health and safety. These concepts are crucial in enabling job satisfaction, work engagement, and performance productivity. Progressing the literature on this subject is necessary to keep abreast with the changing dynamics of the post-COVID challenges, such as working from home, isolation, and stress from AI, among others. A significant gap in the extant literature burrows in the lack of conceptual clarity of workplace safety from a psychological perspective and the poor understanding of its substantive effects on organizations. Hence, re-examining workplace safety's conceptual and theoretical foundations from a psychological lens offers a more nuanced understanding of its potential to contribute to employee well-being and organizational resilience, pursuing a better work-life safe and more comfortable working environment. <em>Method:</em> This study: (a) synthesizes the theoretical propositions and empirical findings from 990 research articles published between 2000 and 2023 to map the existing body of knowledge about psychological safety and psychosocial safety climate, including their theoretical underpinnings and mechanisms, to offer a state-of-the-art overview of the scope of workplace occupational health and safety research from a psychological perspective; (b) applied a data-based research design adhering to PRISMA; (c) compiled descriptive synthesis and textual narrative syntheses through bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review; and (d) opens the black box of workplace safety research by presenting significant findings to inform future conceptual, theoretical, and methodological research as well as the practice of workplace safety through the lens of psychology. <em>Results:</em> This study’s findings further offer managerial implications to workplace safety policy-making and human resource management practices to enhance employees’ psychological safety and eliminate workplace psychosocial hazards.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"91 ","pages":"Pages 1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437524000963/pdfft?md5=ccb83ab25b916fd7893f1dd53fe6d7cf&pid=1-s2.0-S0022437524000963-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142012130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Meta-analysis of the safety effect of electronic stability control","authors":"A.E. af Wåhlberg,&nbsp;L. Dorn","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Objective</em>: Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is a standard feature on most modern cars, due to its reported efficiency to reduce the number of crashes of several types. However, empirical studies of safety effects of ESC for passenger vehicles have not considered some methodological problems that might have inflated the effects. This includes self-selection of drivers who buy/use ESC and behavioral adaptation to the system over long time periods, but also the dominant method of induced exposure. This study aimed to investigate whether such methodological problems might have influenced the results. <em>Method:</em> A <em>meta</em>-analysis was undertaken to investigate whether there are systematic differences between published studies. Moderators tested included when the study was undertaken, the type of vehicle studied, the percent ESC in the sample, size of sample, the length of the study, whether matched or un-matched vehicles were studied, whether induced exposure was used, and two variants of types of crashes used as controls. <em>Results:</em> The effects found ranged from 38% to 75% reduction of crashes for the main targets of singles, running off road and rollover crashes. However, these effects were heterogeneous, and differed depending on the methods used. Most importantly, information that could have allowed more precise analyses of the moderators were missing in most publications. <em>Conclusions:</em> Although average effects were large and in agreement with previous <em>meta</em>-analyses, heterogeneity of the data was large, and lack of information about important moderators means that firm conclusions about what kind of mechanisms were influencing the effects cannot be drawn. The available data on ESC efficiency are not unanimous, and further investigations into the effects of ESC on safety using different methodologies are warranted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"90 ","pages":"Pages 350-370"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437524000938/pdfft?md5=1c6998e5f667c0b4daef775d1f544b8d&pid=1-s2.0-S0022437524000938-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining strategies, policies, and guidance for addressing wrong-way driving in the United States: A comprehensive national survey","authors":"Yukun Song ,&nbsp;Huaguo Zhou ,&nbsp;Priscilla Tobias ,&nbsp;Qing Chang","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.06.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> This paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the current and emerging solutions, policies, and guidance employed by various agencies to mitigate wrong-way driving (WWD) activities in the United States. The study utilized a two-pronged approach, involving an online survey and follow-up phone interviews with respondents from state transportation agencies, tollway authorities, and law enforcement. <em>Methods:</em> The initial step involved conducting an online survey to gather general insights about the existing strategies and practices used to combat WWD. The survey questionnaire, consisting of 12 questions, covered topics such as mitigation strategies/policies, guidance for selecting countermeasures, and topics/needs for national handbook. The survey was emailed to traffic and safety engineers from all 50 state transportation agencies and 59 tollway authorities across the nation. As the second step, follow-up phone interviews were conducted with respondents identified from the online survey. The interviews delved deeper into specific aspects such as crash/incident data collection methods, identification of crash-prone locations, countermeasure selection and implementation, experience with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications, and future initiatives. <em>Results:</em> The findings from the survey and interviews indicated an increasing awareness and adoption of best practices to combat WWD. Various states have implemented new policies and advanced technologies to deter WWD incidents. The insights gathered from the survey and interviews with different agencies are invaluable in shaping safe system approaches and guidelines for the national handbook on WWD solutions. <em>Practical applications:</em> Overall, this study sheds light on the efforts and progress made by state transportation agencies, tollway authorities, and law enforcement in addressing the critical issue of WWD. By gathering valuable lessons and practices from the various agencies, this research lays the groundwork for developing national guidelines to reduce WWD crashes and incidents on divided highways.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"90 ","pages":"Pages 341-349"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141884360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of an algorithm for analysis of routes: Case studies using novice and older drivers","authors":"Siyao Zhu ,&nbsp;Theresa J. Chirles ,&nbsp;Joel A. Keller ,&nbsp;Andrew Hellinger ,&nbsp;Yifang Xu ,&nbsp;Gayane Yenokyan ,&nbsp;Chia-Hsiu Chang ,&nbsp;Rebecca Weast ,&nbsp;Jeffrey N. Keller ,&nbsp;Takeru Igusa ,&nbsp;Johnathon P. Ehsani","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> This study addresses the lack of methods to quantify driver familiarity with roadways, which poses a higher risk of crashes. <em>Method:</em> We present a new approach to assessing driving route diversity and familiarity using data from the <em>DrivingApp</em>, a smartphone-based research tool that collects trip-level information, including driving exposure and global positioning system (GPS) data, from young novice drivers (15–19 years old) to older drivers (67–78 years old). Using these data, we developed a GPS data-based algorithm to analyze the uniqueness of driving routes. The algorithm creates same route trip (SRT) arrays by comparing each trip of an identified user, employing statistically determined thresholds for GPS coordinate proximity and trip overlap. The optimal thresholds were established using a General Linear Model (GLM) to examine distance, and repeated observations. The Adjusted Breadth-First Search method is applied to the SRT arrays to prevent double counting or trip omission. The resulting list is classified as geographically distinct routes, or unique routes (URs). <em>Results:</em> Manual comparison of algorithm output with geographical maps yielded an overall precision of 0.93 and accuracy of 0.91. The algorithm produces two main outputs: a measure of driving diversity (number of URs) and a measure of route-based familiarity derived from the Rescorla–Wagner model. To evaluate the utility of these measures, a Gaussian mixture model clustering algorithm was used on the young novice driver dataset, revealing two distinct groups: the low-frequency driving group with lower route familiarity when having higher route diversity, whereas the high-frequency driving group with the opposite pattern. In the older driver group, there was a significant correlation found between the number of URs and Geriatric Depression Score, or walking gait speed. <em>Practical Applications:</em> These findings suggest that route diversity and familiarity could complement existing measures to understand driving safety and how driving behavior is related to physical and psychological outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"90 ","pages":"Pages 319-332"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141884247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing psychological distress of healthcare workers with and without work injuries: The role of job control","authors":"Joshua Davis ,&nbsp;Steve Granger ,&nbsp;Nick Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction:</em> The study investigates the relationship between work-related injuries, psychological distress, and the influence of perceived job control on healthcare workers, using <span><span>Bakker and Demerouti’s (2007)</span></span> job demands-resources model as theoretical grounding. <em>Method:</em> We analyzed data from 610 healthcare workers (81.1% female) at a northern UK hospital, incorporating both self-reported and organizationally recorded work injury incidents over the three years preceding the survey, along with measures of psychological distress and perceived job control. <em>Results:</em> Unexpectedly, we found that the occurrence of work-related injuries, irrespective of the method of reporting, is not related to lower psychological distress among those employees who report a high level of job control. This relationship holds even when adjusting for various demographic and occupational variables. <em>Conclusions and Practical Applications</em>: Given the prevalence of work injuries in the healthcare sector, our findings suggest a need for a deeper exploration into how job characteristics might interact to offset the consequences of work injuries, challenging existing assumptions and opening new avenues for research into the psychology of workplace safety.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"90 ","pages":"Pages 333-340"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437524000902/pdfft?md5=4254b46948886b44cb7ff7ffc04bd513&pid=1-s2.0-S0022437524000902-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Which drivers drive as they live and who are transformed while driving? Analysis of moderators in the relationship between general anger and driving anger","authors":"David Herrero-Fernández ,&nbsp;Smaranda R. Bogdan-Ganea ,&nbsp;Carla Álvarez-Ferradas ,&nbsp;Juan Luis Martín-Ayala","doi":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jsr.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Introduction</em>: Trait driving anger is a widely studied personality variable in the field of road safety, due to its strong relationship with both risky behavior on the road and crash-related events. The Deffenbacher’s Driving Anger Scale theoretical approach has underlined different situations that could provoke anger in drivers, although trait driving anger is usually analyzed as a whole. Trait general anger has been proposed as one of the most relevant predictors of trait driving anger, showing moderate relationships with it. <em>Method:</em> The current research aimed to analyze the relationship between trait general anger and each one of the situations provoking anger, as well as to search for personality variables that could moderate these relationships. Based on literature review, it was expected that self-esteem would moderate both Discourtesy and Hostile gestures, Type-A behavior pattern would moderate both Slow driving and Traffic obstructions, and conscientiousness would moderate both Police presence and Illegal driving. A sample of 417 drivers (M_age = 31.24, SD_age = 13.59, 64.5% females) taken from the Spanish general population completed a set of self-reports. <em>Results:</em> The results showed significant moderation effects in the case of Hostile gestures, Discourtesy, Illegal driving, and Slow driving. Conditional processes of these moderations were analyzed. Lastly, practical implications are discussed, allowing for tailored interventions to be implemented based on individual drivers' tendencies. Therefore, interventions should address different triggers of driving anger: boosting self-esteem for those angered by disrespect, targeting Type-A behavior reduction for those angered by traffic slowdowns, and promoting conscientiousness enhancement for those angered by others' risky driving.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48224,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Safety Research","volume":"90 ","pages":"Pages 295-305"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141949966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}