Objective: This paper aims to explore the potential relationship between driving anger and personality traits concerning with the hazmat truck drivers, and then provides a scientific basis for effective psychological intervention strategies and driver safety training. The ultimate goal is to minimize transportation risk caused by driving anger and improve the safe driving level of drivers. Subjects and Methods: Firstly, based on the actual investigation, the typical driving scenes of hazmat truck drivers and the factors that induced their anger state were determined, and a Driving Anger Scale (DAS) specified for them was designed. Secondly, 555 professional hazmat truck drivers were recruited to complete DAS and NEO-five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). On this basis, the DAS revised by using item analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and reliability and validity analysis. Finally, the relationship model between personality traits and driving anger of hazmat truck drivers was proposed, verified and modified by using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). Results: The revised Driving Anger Scale could be divided into four dimensions, including illegal behaviour, discourtesy, traffic obstruction and transport interference, and had adequate fit indices, convergence and discriminant validity. The results of SEM showed that there was a positive relationship between neuroticism and transport interference (β = 0.593, t = 10.958, p < 0.001), illegal behaviour (β = 0.652, t = 8.754, p < 0.001), traffic obstruction (β = 0.837, t = 10.319, p < 0.001) and discourtesy (β = 0.649, t = 10.846, p < 0.001) subscale score on the Driving Anger Scale. Agreeableness (β = 0.341, t = 4.521, p < 0.001) had a significant positive effect on traffic obstruction. Both conscientiousness (β = 0.141, t = 1.976, p < 0.05) and extraversion (β = 0.155, t = 2.011, p < 0.05) had significant positive effects on illegal behaviour subscale score. Conclusions: Hazmat truck drivers with high levels of neuroticism were prone to experience more driving anger than those with low levels of neuroticism. Those with high agreeableness would be angry with traffic obstruction on the road. And those with high extraversion and conscientiousness were prone to anger at illegal behaviour. But openness bad a negligible relationship with driving anger. The results of this study provided evidence for the use of personality traits of hazmat truck drivers to predict their level of driving anger. It provided a basis for more scientific driver anger measure, and a better application to driver anger interventions and psychological health education for hazmat truck drivers.
Research on Potential Relationship Between Personality Traits and Driving Anger of Hazmat Truck Drivers
Lect. Notes Electrical Eng.
International Conference on Green Intelligent Transportation System and Safety ; 2022 ; Qinghuangdao, China September 16, 2022 - September 18, 2022
2024-09-29
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Hazardous materials (Hazmat) transportation , Driver , Personality traits , Structural equation modelling , Driving anger Engineering , Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering , Computational Intelligence , Automotive Engineering , Energy Policy, Economics and Management , Mechanical Engineering
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