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Persistent traffic offenders. Alcohol consumption and personality as predictors of driving disqualification

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Persistent traffic offenders. Alcohol consumption and personality as predictors of driving disqualification

dc.contributor.author	Martí-Belda Bertolín, Ana
dc.contributor.author	Pastor Soriano, Juan Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Montoro González, Luis
dc.contributor.author	Bosó Seguí, Patricia
dc.contributor.author	Roca, Javier
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-12T15:22:50Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-12T15:22:50Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/70418
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the relevance of alcohol consumption and personality factors as predictors of driving disqualification. The aim of the study is to determine whether the behaviors of persistent offenders and their propensity for law-breaking are related to their characteristics and patterns of drinking. A sample of 358 drivers participated in the study: 126 non-offender habitual drivers, and 232 persistent traffic offenders disqualified from driving for serious or repeated traffic offenses, 127 of them after conviction, 105 without conviction (by accumulation of penalties). Participants were given a battery of tests measuring a set of explanatory personality and alcohol consumption factors. We used a cross-sectional study design and performed statistical analysis of variance and regression searching for differences among the groups. The results reveal group effects, with significant differences between traffic offenders and non-offenders, and between both categories of offenders, in a number of variables, including traffic violations that lead to demerit points and/or loss of a driver's license and crash involvement. Certain variables, including problem drinking, high levels of activity or excitement, penchant for thrill or sensation seeking, and propensity to hostility while driving, can accurately predict group membership. Alcohol disorders are the best predictors of disqualification from driving.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2019
dc.rights.uri	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Martí-Belda Bertolín, Ana Pastor Soriano, Juan Carlos Montoro González, Luis Bosó Seguí, Patricia 2019 Persistent traffic offenders. Alcohol consumption and personality as predictors of driving disqualification The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. Vol. 11. Num. 2. - 2019. Pages 81 – 92
dc.subject	Seguretat viària
dc.subject	Psicologia
dc.title	Persistent traffic offenders. Alcohol consumption and personality as predictors of driving disqualification
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.date.updated	2019-06-12T15:22:51Z
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.5093/ejpalc2019a3
dc.identifier.idgrec	133183