The Differential associations of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity with driver behaviors and skills, accidents and offences

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Bıçaksız, Pınar

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The aim of the present thesis was first to systematically review the literature on the association between impulsivity and driving related outcomes. Based on the results of this systematic review, another aim was to integrate the “functional impulsivity” conceptualization in the general contextual mediated model to explain accidents and offences; and develop a scale to measure “driving specific impulsivity” including both the functional and dysfunctional conceptualizations of impulsivity. First, a qualitative study was conducted to develop the driving specific impulsivity scale. Two scales to measure driving specific impulsive behavior and driving specific impulsive personality were developed. Then a quantitative study was conducted to validate the newly developed scales, to compare the explanatory power of the newly developed scales with the widely used general impulsivity scales in the literature, and to test the associations proposed in the integrative conceptual framework for driving style/behavior and performance/skills. The results yielded support for the expectations in general. In addition, the comparisons of the explained variance portions by driving specific impulsivity measures and by general impulsivity scales proved that driving specific impulsivity explains greater amount of variance in driver behaviors and skills than general impulsivity. Therefore, it is evidenced that studying driving specific impulsivity to understand and explain driver behaviors, driving skills, accidents and offences is a promising area that deserves further research attention.

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Automobile drivers., Motor vehicle drivers., Impulsive personality., Automobile drivers, Motor vehicle drivers, Psychology Phd thesis

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12619192/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/25243

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P. Bıçaksız, “The Differential associations of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity with driver behaviors and skills, accidents and offences,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2015.