Effect of personality traits on driving style: Psychometric adaption of the multidimensional driving style inventory in a Chinese sample.

ABSTRACT: Driving style is an important factor in driving psychology, which is useful for effectively evaluating driving behaviors. Exploring driving style in a Chinese sample could help understand the overall situation of Chinese drivers. This study aims to develop a measurement of driving style fit for the Chinese situation and to validate the validity and reliability of this scale. In this study, 296 drivers from China completed the Chinese version of the multidimensional driving style inventory (MDSI), the Big Five Inventory (BFI), and the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) as well as several questions about socio-demographic information. After testing the assumed structure by a confirmatory factor analysis, and adjusting the structure, a brief version of Chinese version of MDSI with twelve ite

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126823 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature