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Research Evaluation
Road Conditionality and Personality: An Exploratory Study Among Young Male and Female French Drivers
Summary of Article
The article aims to increase the available knowledge of young drivers behavior to reduce accidents and improve road safety. The research study was conducted in France, and the authors focused on young drivers because they are more likely to be killed on the road than other drivers. The article authors have used the theory of conditionality and the concept of Locus of Control. The theory of conditionality posits that patterns are conditional, and a tool was invented to measure highway code transgressions in the traffic field. The locus of Control allows us to measure personality traits. The study was exploratory and comprised 29 young female and 21 young male drivers (Gaymard & Tiplica, 2018). All the study participants filled out both tools. Comparisons focused on age, gender, and education level for the two measurement types. Study participants were from the Arts and Humanities Faculty. The average age of the study participants was 20.2 years, and they had a drivers license for an average of 21.7 months. The average age of the female drivers was 19.9 and for the young male drivers was 20.67 (Gaymard & Tiplica, 2018). There were six hypotheses the authors developed, and they managed to validate all of the hypotheses. Although some of them were only moderately confirmed.
Authors Position Statement
In all societies and fields, males tend to take more risks, which is evident in road accidents. Young drivers have a higher risk of road accidents due to their lack of experience and age-related factors. It is vital to increase the knowledge of young drivers behavior to reduce road accidents. Gender plays a huge role in the risk-taking attitude of males, making it difficult to control. It seems males are naturally prone to taking risks, and the same is replicated on the roads, where they tend to attempt overtaking in dangerous areas, ignore speed limits, and not obey traffic rules. These behaviors devastate their lives, and the current study attempts to add to the existing knowledge using two theoretical approaches, namely the theory of conditionality and Locus of Control. The theory of conditionality is derived from social thinking, and the Locus of Control describes personality traits (Galvin et al., 2018).
Validity of the Research
The studys validity can be confirmed because it uses two well-studied and validated tools. The authors used the Conditional Scripts Questionnaire (CSQ) to measure conditionality (Gaymard & Tiplica, 2018). The CSQ is a tool that allows for the contextualization of drivers behavior as closely as possible. The circumstances that justify driver transgression can be analyzed using the tool. The theory of conditionality relies on...…reason behind the transgressions, we can see that personality plays a critical role since individuals with a high internal LOC would be more alert. LOC is a vital variable when analyzing traffic safety, and we should consider it if we are to improve road safety. The study results can be used to explain why high numbers of young drivers are killed on the road. Authorities can then formulate better strategies like improving the curriculum or implementing tougher punishment to rectify the reckless behavior.
Due to the risk-taking behavior of young male drivers, consideration should be made to increase public awareness of the dangers of risky driving. The impact of internal and external LOC could be used to gauge those more likely to participate in risky behavior and formulate methodologies to increase their knowledge of the impact of their risky behavior on the roads.
Limitations of the study have been noted, and the authors have stated there is a need to confirm the results with a substantial sample. Since the study was exploratory, the sample size was small and focused on students taking a single course, limiting the generalization of the study. Therefore, replication of the study with a more inclusive sample would assist in determining if the study results can be confirmed or generalized to the population (Gaymard & Tiplica, 2018). Some differences observed in…
References
Galvin, B. M., Randel, A. E., Collins, B. J., & Johnson, R. E. (2018). Changing the focus of locus (of control): A targeted review of the locus of control literature and agenda for future research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(7), 820-833. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2275Gaymard, S., & Tiplica, T. (2018). Road conditionality and personality: An exploratory study among young male and female French drivers. Safety and Reliability, 38(3), 182-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/09617353.2019.1611295Perme, M. P., & Manevski, D. (2019). Confidence intervals for the Mann–Whitney test. Statistical methods in medical research, 28(12), 3755-3768. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280218814
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