Effect of State Anxiety on Driver Behavior With Regard to Self-Reported in Iranian Drivers Publisher



Siamak P¹ ; Hiva A¹ ; Amir HM¹ ; Akbar H¹ Show Affiliations
Source: International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering Published:2014

Abstract

Aims: The aims of this study was determination of driver behavior in car accident and analyzing the relationship between state anxieties (SA) with subscale of driving behavior. Materials and Methods: The self-reporting of the drivers was determined by using Manchester driving behavior questionnaire (DBQ) and Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory in 168 drivers who had a crash while driving. Results: Independent t tests showed that violations (ordinary and aggressive) are the most common behavior in drivers, Pearson’s correlation revealed that SA had a significant direct positive relationship with lapses (P < 0.01) and error subscales (P < 0.05), also Pearson’s correlation showed that age had a negative significant relationship with factors of DBQ. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results (according to the relationship between SA with error and lapses factor) that SA is destructive and affects the memory performance and mental process in the drivers and causes absent mindedness and imperfect memory function and process in these people during driving. © 2014 Siamak P. This is an open‑access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.