Associations between personality and self-reported driving restriction in the Candrive II study of older drivers

Sawula, Erica; Mullen, Nadia; Stinchcombe, Arne; Weaver, Bruce; Tuokko, Holly; Naglie, Gary; Rapoport, Mark J.; Bédard, Michel

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2017.06.012

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“…Third, given existing evidence showing a relationship between personality traits and driving behaviours among older adults, five personality traits were entered into the model, treating driving avoidance as the outcome. Consistent with existing research (Sawula et al, 2017), the results showed that extraversion was negatively associated with driving avoidance such that individuals who were more extroverted were less likely to report avoiding driving situations. This finding follows other work showing that extraversion is associated with risky and dangerous driving: collisions, traffic violations, and driving under the influence of alcohol (Clarke & Robertson, 2005; Fine, 1963; Kirkcaldy & Furnham, 2000; Lajunen, 2001; Renner & Anderle, 2000; Smith & Kirkham, 1981).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…To date, limited research has focused on the relationship between personality traits and driving habits within older populations. A recent study by Sawula et al (2017) found that in a sample of older drivers (72–92 years), extraversion was associated with an increased tendency to drive in challenging situations, after controlling for covariates. Similarly, it has been found that individuals with high extraversion were more likely to rate their driving abilities greater than those with low extraversion, prompting driving in riskier circumstances (McPeek, Nichols, Classen, & Breiner, 2011).…”

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confidence: 96%

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Personality Is Associated with Driving Avoidance in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

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As individuals age and become aware of changes in their driving capabilities, they are more likely to self-regulate their driving by avoiding certain driving situations (i.e., night driving, rush hour traffic, etc.). In this paper, we sought to examine the correlates of situational driving avoidance with a particular emphasis on the roles of personality traits, gender, and cognition within a large sample of mid-life and older adults from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Our findings show that women of older ages tend to report more driving avoidance and that personality traits, specifically extraversion, emotional stability, and openness to experience, may reduce driving avoidance. A negative association was also found between cognition and driving avoidance, such that individuals with higher cognition reported less driving avoidance.

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