Journal
PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH & MEDICINE
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 890-900Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2019.1567928
Keywords
Traffic violation; socio-demographic factors; personality trait; mental health
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- Nature Science Foundation of China [81560528]
- Nature Science Foundation of Guangxi [2018JJA140684]
- Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education [YCBZ2017046]
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The present study aims to determine the association between bus drivers' socio-demographic characteristics, personality traits, mental health and traffic violations. This case-control study included 596 bus drivers who were recruited during October 2014 to May 2016, including 295 drivers with traffic violations and 301 drivers without traffic violations. The bus drivers' personality traits and mental health were assessed by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R). Drivers aged 26-35 years were 72% less likely to be involved in traffic violations compared to drivers aged <= 25 years (OR: 0.284,95% CI: 0.137-0.586). Drivers with <= 2 years driving experience were associated with almost a three-fold increased risk of traffic violations compared to >= 21 years driving experience (OR: 3.174,95% CI: 1.097-9.187). The OR value decreased with the increase of annual income (OR: 4.631,95% CI: 2.667-8.042; OR: 3.569,95% CI: 2.038-6.251; OR: 3.781,95% CI: 1.999-7.151). Occasionally drinking drivers and regularly drinking drivers, compared to nondrinking drivers, exhibited a higher risk of traffic violations (OR: 2.487,95% CI: 1.521-4.065; OR: 3.271,95% CI: 1.387-7.716). Extroversion and neuroticism were identified as significant factors associated with traffic violations (OR: 1.262,95% CI: 1.145-1.393; OR: 1.159,95% CI: 1.060-1.267). Somatization increased elevenfold risk of bus drivers' traffic violations (OR: 11.185,95% CI: 4.563-27.419). The results revealed that bus drivers' traffic violations were mainly affected by specific socio-demographic characteristics, personality traits and mental health, which increase the risk of traffic violations.
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