LOCUS OF CONTROL AND AUDITORY SELECTIVE ATTENTION AS PREDICTORS OF DRIVING ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT - A COMPARATIVE LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION Academic Article

abstract

• Locus of control, as measured by the Montag Driving Internality and Driving Externality scales (Montag & Comrey, 1987) and auditory selective attention, as measured by the Auditory Selective Attention Test, were used in an attempt to predict driving accidents in a study that used both a predictive (longitudinal) and postdictive design. In 1988, 214 subjects were administered the tests and completed a self report driving record. In 1990, 142 of the subjects responded to a follow-up of the self report driving record. The only significant correlation for the Montag Driving Internality and Driving Externality scales was for 1990 not-at-fault accidents. For the Auditory Selective Attention Test, there were a number of significant relationships with accidents, the highest being .24 for the criterion of combined total accidents. The results concerning selective attention supported the findings of a meta-analysis by Arthur, Barrett, and Alexander (1991a). 1992.

authors

• Arthur, Winfred

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH

author list (cited authors)

• ARTHUR, W., & DOVERSPIKE, D.

citation count

• 63

complete list of authors

• ARTHUR, W||DOVERSPIKE, D

publication date

• January 1992

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH  Journal

keywords

• 3 Good Health And Well Being
• Behavioral And Social Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0022-4375(92)90023-3

start page

• 73

end page

• 80

volume

• 23

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0022-4375%2892%2990023-3

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being