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Article

Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Different Driving Styles in a Sample of Lithuanian Drivers

by
Justina Slavinskienė
* and
Auksė Endriulaitienė
Department of Psychology, Vytautas Magnus University, LT-44191 Kaunas, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Safety 2024, 10(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010027
Submission received: 12 November 2023 / Revised: 1 March 2024 / Accepted: 6 March 2024 / Published: 13 March 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Traffic Safety Culture)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess whether road risk, road hazard perception skills, and attitudes towards risky driving are significant psychological antecedents of different driving styles. The study sample consisted of 446 non-professional drivers (with an average age of 32.6 years) and 200 professional drivers (with an average age of 47.7 years) from Lithuania. The study questionnaire included demographic questions, a multidimensional driving style assessment, a Lithuanian version of a hazard prediction test, a risk perception scale, and a subjective evaluation of driving competenc3 (perceptual, motor, and safety driving skills), as well as an evaluation of attitudes towards risky driving. The results confirmed that cognitive factors, together with attitudes towards driving and demographic factors, are important for understanding the origins of different driving styles. Cognitive factors like hazard perception and risk perception skills were found to be significant predictors of anxious, careless, and angry driving styles, mainly for professional drivers. Attitudes towards risky driving together with demographic characteristics and cognitive factors were found to important in predicting anxious, careless, and angry driving styles among professional as well as non-professional drivers. The subjective evaluation of driving competence (driving skills) was found to be crucial in predicting all four driving styles, but only in the non-professional drivers sample.
Keywords: different driving styles; road hazard perception; road risk perception; attitudes towards risky driving different driving styles; road hazard perception; road risk perception; attitudes towards risky driving

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Slavinskienė, J.; Endriulaitienė, A. Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Different Driving Styles in a Sample of Lithuanian Drivers. Safety 2024, 10, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010027

AMA Style

Slavinskienė J, Endriulaitienė A. Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Different Driving Styles in a Sample of Lithuanian Drivers. Safety. 2024; 10(1):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010027

Chicago/Turabian Style

Slavinskienė, Justina, and Auksė Endriulaitienė. 2024. "Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Different Driving Styles in a Sample of Lithuanian Drivers" Safety 10, no. 1: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010027

APA Style

Slavinskienė, J., & Endriulaitienė, A. (2024). Cognitive and Motivational Antecedents of Different Driving Styles in a Sample of Lithuanian Drivers. Safety, 10(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety10010027

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