Investigation and comparison of human factors in driving and attitudes towards disabled drivers: a study with disabled and non-disabled drivers

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The current study firstly aimed to develop an attitude scale to measure attitudes towards disabled drivers in traffic environments (Study-1). During development of the scale process, to gain knowledge about disabled driving semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 active drivers (12 disabled drivers, 16 non-disabled drivers). Interview results were analyzed and results provided a basis for the development of ‘Attitudes towards disabled drivers scale (ADDS). After that, in the main study, it was aimed to understand human factors of disabled drivers and attitudes of disabled and non-disabled drivers towards disabled driving. 189 disabled drivers and 349 non-disabled drivers were participated to the study. In order to measure drivers’ evaluation of self-driver behaviors and other group’s driver behaviors, Turkish version of Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) adapted by Lajunen & Özkan (2004) and The Positive Driver Behaviors Scale developed by Özkan & Lajunen (2005) were applied to both groups of drivers. Similarly, to measure drivers’ evaluation of self-driving skills and other group’s driving skills, Driver Skill Inventory (DSI) developed by (Lajunen & Summala, 1995) was applied to both groups of drivers. Lastly, to test both disabled drivers’ and non-disabled drivers’ attitudes towards disabled driving newly developed scale (ADDS) was used. The results of the Study-1 and Main study will be discussed in detail.

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Automobile drivers., Motor vehicle drivers., People with disabilities., Psychology M.S. thesis

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12620441/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/26010

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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B. A. Bakır, “Investigation and comparison of human factors in driving and attitudes towards disabled drivers: a study with disabled and non-disabled drivers,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2016.