Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
Nasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Pr...
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| author | Abdoli N Farnia V Delavar A Esmaeili A Dortaj F Farrokhi N Karami M Shakeri J Holsboer-Trachsler E Br S |
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| description | Nasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 4Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 5Police University, Tehran, 6Baharestan Research Center, Kermanshah Transportation Terminal, Kermanshah, Iran, 7Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, 8Department of Sport and Health Science, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Background: In Iran, traffic accidents and deaths from traffic accidents are among the highest in the world, and generally driver behavior rather than either technical failures or environmental conditions are responsible for traffic accidents. In the present study, we explored the extent to which aggressive traits, health status, and sociodemographic variables explain driving behavior among Iranian male traffic offenders. Method: A total of 443 male driving offenders (mean age: M =31.40 years, standard deviation =9.56) from Kermanshah (Iran) took part in the study. Participants completed a questionnaire booklet covering sociodemographic variables, traits of aggression, health status, and driving behavior. Results: Poor health status, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and social dysfunction, and also higher levels of trait aggression explained poor driving behavior. Multiple regressions indicated that poor health status, but not aggression, independently predicted poor driving behavior. Conclusion: Results suggest that health status concerns are associated with poor driving behavior. Prevention and intervention might therefore focus on drivers reporting poor mental health status. Keywords: insomnia, depression, anxiety aggression, health status, male traffic offenders |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fe8235686ea4a1db72e04bc78c3caa02022-12-21T21:25:15ZengDove Medical PressNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment1178-20212015-08-012015default2071207823085Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offendersAbdoli NFarnia VDelavar AEsmaeili ADortaj FFarrokhi NKarami MShakeri JHolsboer-Trachsler EBrSNasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 4Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 5Police University, Tehran, 6Baharestan Research Center, Kermanshah Transportation Terminal, Kermanshah, Iran, 7Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, 8Department of Sport and Health Science, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Background: In Iran, traffic accidents and deaths from traffic accidents are among the highest in the world, and generally driver behavior rather than either technical failures or environmental conditions are responsible for traffic accidents. In the present study, we explored the extent to which aggressive traits, health status, and sociodemographic variables explain driving behavior among Iranian male traffic offenders. Method: A total of 443 male driving offenders (mean age: M =31.40 years, standard deviation =9.56) from Kermanshah (Iran) took part in the study. Participants completed a questionnaire booklet covering sociodemographic variables, traits of aggression, health status, and driving behavior. Results: Poor health status, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and social dysfunction, and also higher levels of trait aggression explained poor driving behavior. Multiple regressions indicated that poor health status, but not aggression, independently predicted poor driving behavior. Conclusion: Results suggest that health status concerns are associated with poor driving behavior. Prevention and intervention might therefore focus on drivers reporting poor mental health status. Keywords: insomnia, depression, anxiety aggression, health status, male traffic offendershttp://www.dovepress.com/poor-mental-health-status-and-aggression-are-associated-with-poor-driv-peer-reviewed-article-NDT |
| spellingShingle | Abdoli N Farnia V Delavar A Esmaeili A Dortaj F Farrokhi N Karami M Shakeri J Holsboer-Trachsler E Br S Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment |
| title | Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| title_full | Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| title_fullStr | Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| title_short | Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| title_sort | poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders |
| url | http://www.dovepress.com/poor-mental-health-status-and-aggression-are-associated-with-poor-driv-peer-reviewed-article-NDT |
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