Highlights ► Personality was studied in relation to risk perception and behaviour in transport. ► Neuroticism was negatively correlated with risk perception. ► Agreeableness was negatively correlated to perceived risk for unpleasant incidents. ► Both personality and risk perception predict risk-preventive behaviour in transport.

    Abstract Within research on individual variations in risk perception, personality has been suggested as one important factor. In the present study, personality traits (44 items from the Big Five inventory) were investigated in relation to risk perception in transport and transport behavioural adaptations. In a sample of 312 participants, we found that the personality trait ‘emotional stability versus neuroticism’ was negatively correlated with risk perception (operationalised as “thinking about the possibility”) of an accident (−0.38) and an unpleasant incident, such as crime, violence, robbery (−0.25). ‘Agreeableness’ was also negatively related to risk perception, however first and foremost in relation to perceived risk for unpleasant incidents on transport modes in which one interacts with other people (0.25). Moreover, regression analyses showed that ‘emotional stability’ was a significant predictor of behavioural adaptations on bus. Regression analyses explained between 17 and 26 percent of variance in behavioural adaptations. The results show that different groups of people vary systematically in their perception of risk in transport. Furthermore, these differences are manifest as a difference in risk-preventive behaviour at a strategic level, i.e. as decisions about avoiding risky situations.


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    Titel :

    Personality and risk perception in transport


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2012-03-14


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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