Investigation of the Relationship between P ersonalities and Attitude to Safety of Taxi D rivers
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014),
22 December 2014
,
Page 204-208
https://doi.org/10.22037/meipm.v2i3.7823
Abstract
Backgrounds and Objective:In last ten years the number of deaths in Iran due to car accidents reported is 235050 individuals which this statics comparing to developed countries is very high. Recent study is aimed to investigate the relationship between personality and attitude to safety in driving.
Materials and Methods:This is a correlation study. In this study 384 people from interior taxi drivers of Urmia city were selected for study that 192 people as the case group and 192 people as control group. The Data collected through a questionnaire. The questionnaire includes 3 parts: 1-demographic characteristics 2-safety attitude 3-specialty of personality. To investigate the relationship between personality and attitudes to safety, Spearman correlation analysis was used.Between anxious personal specialty and traffic toward obedience to laws, statistically significant correlation was found (p= 0.001).
Results:Between emotional personal specialty and traffic toward obedience to laws, fast driving and exciting driving, statistically significant correlation was found (p=0.001). between altruism personal specialty and traffic toward obedience to laws, fast driving and exciting driving,statistically significant correlation was found (p=0.05). between anomaly personal specialty and traffic toward obedience to laws, fast driving and exciting driving, statistically significant correlation was found (p=0.05).
Conclusion:People with anxious, anomaly and emotional specialties have negative attitude to safety. People with altruism specialtiehave positive attitude to safety.
How to cite this article: Malekpour F, Mohammadian Y, Malekpour A. Investigation of the Relationship between Personalities and Attitude to Safety of Taxi Drivers. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention).2014; 2(3):204-208.
- P ersonality, S afety, A ttitude, D rivers, Urmia
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