Driving construals: Personal Construct Theory in a reckless driving context |
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| Institution: | 1. Waseda University, Japan;2. Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan;3. Tokyo Women''s Medical University, Japan;4. Saitama Medical University, Japan;1. Siglo 21 University, Calle de los Latinos N°8555 – B° Los Boulevares, 5008 Córdoba, Argentina;2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)/Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3250, Cuerpo V Nivel III, Alberti 4439 Dto. 2, Mar del Plata 7600, Argentina;1. Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China;2. School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China;1. Road Safety Research Collaboration, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Dr, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia;2. School of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia;1. Transportation Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, India;2. Transportation Systems Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India |
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| Abstract: | With research revealing low road safety campaign efficacy and links between reckless driving behaviors and crash frequency, further investigation into the foundations and composition of driver education and training is required. Through two studies, the current research aimed to develop a measure that utilized the principles of Kelly’s (1955) Personal Construct Theory to (a) elicit constructs, or construals, specific to selected elements of reckless driving behaviors, (b) pilot a method in which the elicited constructs could be measured by asking participants to choose those they deemed most important, (c) group participants based on their constructs, and (d) assess between-group differences in self-reported reckless driving behavior. Results suggest that drivers can be categorized based on the constructs they use, and that rates of self-reported past engagement in reckless driving behavior, and willingness to do so in the future, vary systematically between these construal-based driver categories. Continuing research is required to develop and test applications of these findings. |
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| Keywords: | Reckless driving Driver risk Personal Construct Theory Construals |
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