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Impulsivity-like traits and risky driving behaviors among college students
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The present study examined the predictive effects of five impulsivity-like traits (Premeditation, Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, Negative Urgency, and Positive Urgency) on driving outcomes (driving errors, driving lapses, driving violations, cell phone driving, traffic citations, and traffic collisions). With a convenience sample of 266 college student drivers, we found that each of the impulsivity-like traits was related to multiple risky driving outcomes. Positive Urgency (tendency to act impulsively when experiencing negative affect) was the most robust predictor of risky driving outcomes. Positive Urgency is a relatively newly conceptualized impulsivity-like trait that was not examined in the driving literature previously, suggesting a strong need to further examine its role as a personality trait related to risky driving. These findings generally support the multidimensional assessment of impulsivity-like traits, and they specifically support the addition of Positive Urgency to a list of risk factors for risky driving behaviors.
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“Evidence indicates that individuals, who are highly sensitive to rewards or impulsive, have a tendency to engage in risky behaviors such as texting on their cell phones while driving (Hayashi et al., 2015; Pearson et al., 2013).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Pearson, M. R., Murphy, E. M., & Doane, A. N.
- Affiliations
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Chowan University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pearson, Matthew R.
- Venue
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 53
- Pages
- 142-148
- ISSN
- 0001-4575 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5242231
- OpenAlex
- W2023479110
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 19.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Accident Analysis & Prevention (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (T32AA018108)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- risky driving behavior, positive urgency, negative urgency, sensation seeking, perseverance, premeditation, traffic offenses, traffic citations, traffic accidents, driving errors, personality traits
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Traffic, Adult, Automobile Driving, Crime, Cross-Sectional Studies, Dangerous Behavior, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Male, Psychological Tests, Students, Southeastern United States, Cell Phone, Young Adult
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