Personal and Interpersonal Factors in Motor Vehicle Accidents

Conger, John J.; Gaskill, Herbert S.; Glad, Donald D.; Rainey, Robert V.; Sawrey, William L.; Turrell, Eugene S.

doi:10.1176/ajp.113.12.1069

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“…Suhr (1961) found a negative relationship between imagination and accidents, but a positive relationship was found by Lardent (1991). Positive relationships have been supported between artistic, literary, and aesthetic interests and accident involvement (Conger, et al , 1957; Parker, 1953).…”

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A meta‐analytic review of the Big Five personality factors and accident involvement in occupational and non‐occupational settings

Clarke¹,

Robertson²

2005

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Although a number of studies have examined individual personality traits and their influence on accident involvement, consistent evidence of a predictive relationship is lacking due to contradictory findings. The current study reports a meta‐analysis of the relationship between accident involvement and the Big Five personality dimensions (extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness). Low conscientiousness and low agreeableness were found to be valid and generalizable predictors of accident involvement, with corrected mean validities of .27 and .26, respectively. The context of the accident acts as a moderator in the personality–accident relationship, with different personality dimensions associated with occupational and non‐occupational accidents. Extraversion was found to be a valid and generalizable predictor of traffic accidents, but not occupational accidents. Avenues for further research are highlighted and discussed.

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A meta‐analytic review of the Big Five personality factors and accident involvement in occupational and non‐occupational settings

Clarke¹,

Robertson²

2005

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

311

219

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“… Extraversion: E (derived from EPI or EPQ); the Affiliation, Dominance, and Exhibition scales from Personality Research Form (PRF); the Outgoing, Socially Bold, Impulsive, and Self‐Sufficient scales from 16PF; Zuckerman's (1979) Sensation‐Seeking Scales; optimism and sociocentricity (Davids & Mahoney, 1957); lack of confidence (Shaw, 1965); social extraversion (Shaw & Sichel, 1971); sociability (Salminen, Klen, & Ojanen, 1999); warm (Conger, Gaskill, Glad, Rainey, Sawrey, & Turrell, 1957); positive affectivity; sensation‐seeking (Arnett, 1994). Neuroticism: N (from EPI or EPQ); Distractibility (Hansen, 1989); anxiety, pessimism, and resentment (Davids & Mahoney, 1957); suspiciousness, anxiety, nervousness, and stability from Katz Adjustment Scales; imbalance, immaturity, anxiety, and frustration (Shaw, 1965); “conscious of physique” (Tillman & Hobbs, 1949); measures of anxiety (Conger, Gaskill, Glad, Hassell, Rainey, & Sawrey, 1959); imbalance, emotional instability, distorted apperception of life, low frustration tolerance, anxiety (Shaw & Sichel, 1971); ego strength, guilt prone, and tense from 16PF; negative affectivity. (Low) Conscientiousness: social maladjustment (Hansen, 1989); irresponsibility, carelessness, dishonesty (Shaw, 1965); “bootlegging on job” (Tillman & Hobbs, 1949); irresponsibility, dishonest, lack of self‐control, carelessness, maladjustment, antagonism to authority, social rebellion, lack of perseverance, laziness (Shaw & Sichel, 1971); Endurance, Impulsivity, Order, Achievement from PRF and Responsibility from Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI); conscientious and controlled from 16PF; respect for law (Clark, 1976); Conscientiousness (from NEO‐PI); impulsiveness (Salminen et al, 1999); Conscientiousness (mini‐markers; Saucier, 1994). (Low) Agreeableness: trust, distrust, egocentricity (Davids & Mahoney, 1957); belligerence (Katz adjustment scales); egocentricity (Shaw, 1965); hostility, aggression, egocentric (Conger et al, 1957); aggression, selfishness, competitiveness (Shaw & Sichel, 1971); Aggression, Defendence, Nuturance (PRF) and Conformity (JPI); tender‐minded and dominant from 16PF; aggression (C) from Rorschach test; Aggression (Roy & Choudhary, 1985); Agreeableness (from NEO‐PI); measures of aggression (Buss & Perry, 1992).…”

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“…Neuroticism: N (from EPI or EPQ); Distractibility (Hansen, 1989); anxiety, pessimism, and resentment (Davids & Mahoney, 1957); suspiciousness, anxiety, nervousness, and stability from Katz Adjustment Scales; imbalance, immaturity, anxiety, and frustration (Shaw, 1965); “conscious of physique” (Tillman & Hobbs, 1949); measures of anxiety (Conger, Gaskill, Glad, Hassell, Rainey, & Sawrey, 1959); imbalance, emotional instability, distorted apperception of life, low frustration tolerance, anxiety (Shaw & Sichel, 1971); ego strength, guilt prone, and tense from 16PF; negative affectivity.…”

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An Examination of the Role of Personality in Work Accidents Using Meta‐analysis

Clarke

Robertson

2007

Applied Psychology

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Personality has been studied as a predictor variable in a range of occupational settings. The study reported is based on a systematic search and meta-analysis of the literature, using the "Big Five" personality framework. The results indicated that there was substantial variability in the effect of personality on workplace accidents, with evidence of situational moderators operating in most cases. However, one aspect of personality, low agreeableness, was found to be a valid and generalisable predictor of involvement in work accidents. The implications of the findings for future research are discussed. Although meta-analysis can be used to provide definite estimates of effect sizes, the limitations of such an approach are also considered.La personnalité a été étudiée comme variable prédictrice dans un ensemble de situations professionnelles. Ce travail s'appuie sur une investigation approfondie et une méta-analyse de la littérature faisant appel au modèle de la personnalité du « Big Five ». Les résultats montrent qu'il existe de fortes variations en ce qui concerne le rôle de la personnalité dans les accidents du travail, avec l'interférence de facteurs situationnels dans la plupart des cas. Cependant, un aspect de la personnalité, une « agreeableness » basse, apparaît comme étant un prédicteur valide et général de l'implication dans les accidents du travail. On réfléchit à l'intérêt de ces résultats pour de futures recherches. La méta-analyse peut certes procurer une évaluation précise de l'impact d'une variable, mais il faut aussi prendre en considération les limites de cette approche.

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“…The first involves measuring (often with the aid of paper and pencil tests) personality traits, and subsequently relating these traits to indices of driving behaviour such as involvement in accidents. As Conger, Gaskill, Glad, Rainey, Sawrey and Turrell (1957) concluded, however, these studies have essentially shown only that poor driving is associated with generally unsatisfactory conformity to institutionalized social norms. The second kind of personality study has involved subjective techniques like, for example, psychoanalysis, and has concluded that there are patterns of driver behaviour such as irresponsible driving or arrogant driving that are said to be related to stages of psychosexual development.…”

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