What aspects of demographic, personality, attitudes, and perceptions of law enforcement influence self-reported likelihood of drink driving?


Autoria(s): Mackenzie, Janelle; Watling, Christopher N.; Leal, Nerida L.
Data(s)

07/05/2015

Resumo

The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between a number of individual factors (demographic factors (age and gender), personality factors, risk-taking propensity, attitudes towards drink driving, and perceived legitimacy of drink driving enforcement) and how they influence the self-reported likelihood of drink driving. The second aim of this study was to examine the potential of attitudes mediating the relationship between risk-taking and self-reported likelihood of drink driving. In total, 293 Queensland drivers volunteered to participate in an online survey that assessed their self-reported likelihood to drink drive in the next month, demographics, traffic-related demographics, personality factors, risk-taking propensity, attitudes towards drink driving, and perceived legitimacy of drink driving enforcement. An ordered logistic regression analysis was utilised to evaluate the first aim of the study; at the first step the demographic variables were entered; at step two the personality and risk-taking were entered; at the third step, the attitudes and perceptions of legitimacy variables were entered. Being a younger driver and having a high risk-taking propensity were related to self-reported likelihood of drink driving. However, when the attitudes variable was entered, these individual factors were no longer significant; with attitudes being the most important predictor of self-reported drink driving likelihood. A significant mediation model was found with the second aim of the study, such that attitudes mediated the relationship between risk-taking and self-reported likelihood of drink driving. Considerable effort and resources are utilised by traffic authorities to reducing drink driving on the Australian road network. Notwithstanding these efforts, some participants still had some positive attitudes towards drink driving and reported that they were likely to drink drive in the future. These findings suggest that more work is needed to address attitudes regarding the dangerousness of drink driving.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/71209/

Publicador

Taylor & Francis Group

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/71209/2/71209.pdf

DOI:10.1080/13669877.2014.923026

Mackenzie, Janelle, Watling, Christopher N., & Leal, Nerida L. (2015) What aspects of demographic, personality, attitudes, and perceptions of law enforcement influence self-reported likelihood of drink driving? Journal of Risk Research, 18(9), pp. 1203-1219.

Direitos

Copyright 2014 Taylor & Francis Group

The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Journal of Risk Research, 12 June 2014, http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13669877.2014.923026

Fonte

Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling

Palavras-Chave #170000 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES #170109 Personality Abilities and Assessment #170202 Decision Making #179900 OTHER PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Tipo

Journal Article