Some methodological deficiencies in studies on traffic accident predictors |
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| Authors: | af Wåhlberg A E |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 75142, Uppsala, Sweden. anders.af_wahlberg@psyk.uu.se |
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| Abstract: | The paper discusses some methodological problems in (psychological) research on traffic accident predictors and reviews a convenience sample of the literature. Three methodological aspects are identified as being important: reliability of accident predictors, time period for accidents used as dependent variable, and culpability for accidents. Papers are scrutinized and most are found to be wanting in these aspects. Traffic researchers do not adhere to, or hardly even discuss, these basic methodological problems. It is concluded that the current research into (psychological) accident predictors is fraught with methodological deficiencies. Why most studies seem to be deficient in these aspects is not clear, as several researchers have pointed out these problems. |
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| Keywords: | ADVS, Attitude to Driving Violations ASAT, Auditory Selective Attention Test CFQ, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire CSDS, Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale DAS, Driver Attitude Survey DBI, Driver Behaviour Inventory DBQ, Driver Behaviour Questionnaire DMQ, Decision Making Questionnaire DPM, Driver Performance Measurement DSI, Driver Stress Inventory DSQ, Driving Style Questionnaire EFT, Embedded Figures Test EPI, Eysenck Personality Inventory FDI, Field Dependence-Independence GEFT, Group Embedded Figures Test HFT, Hidden Figures Test HRP, High Risk Personality MDIE, Montag Driving Internality-Externality MMPI, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MOST, Motorcycle Operator Skill Test MTP, Motorcycle Training Program PRFT, Portable Rod-and-Frame Test SEI, Self-Esteem Inventory SLQ, Student Lifestyle Questionnaire SMQ, Social Motivation Questionnaire SSS, Sensation Seeking Scale TABP, Type A Behavior Pattern TPB, Theory of Planned Behaviour VSAT, Visual Selective Attention Test 3D-EFT, Three-Dimensional Embedded Figures Test. |
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