Clinical Neuropsychology Research Group, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Accid Anal Prev. 2011 May;43(3):1003-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.031. Epub 2011 Jan 11.
The term 'driving self-restriction' is used in the road safety literature to describe the behaviour of some older drivers. It includes the notion that older drivers will avoid driving in specific, usually self-identified situations, such as those in which safety is compromised. We sought to identify the situations that older drivers report avoiding; and, to determine the adequacy of a key measure of such behaviour. A sample of 75 drivers aged 65 years and older completed Baldock et al.'s modification of the Driving Habits Questionnaire avoidance items (Baldock et al., 2006), the Driving Behaviour Questionnaire, and open-ended items that elicited written descriptions of the most and least safe driving situation. Consistent with previous results, we found a relatively low level of driving self-restriction and infrequent episodes of aggressive violations. However, when combined with the situation descriptions, these data suggest that Driving Habits Questionnaire did not cover all of the situations that older drivers might choose avoid. We suggest that a new avoidance scale is needed and we present a new item pool that may be used for this purpose.
术语“驾驶自我限制”在道路安全文献中用于描述一些老年驾驶员的行为。它包括这样一种观念，即老年驾驶员会避免在特定的、通常是自我识别的情况下驾驶，例如在安全受到损害的情况下。我们试图确定老年驾驶员报告回避的情况；并确定这种行为的一个关键衡量标准的充分性。一个由 75 名年龄在 65 岁及以上的驾驶员组成的样本完成了 Baldock 等人对驾驶习惯问卷回避项目的修改（Baldock 等人，2006 年）、驾驶行为问卷和开放式项目，这些项目引出了对最安全和最不安全的驾驶情况的书面描述。与之前的结果一致，我们发现驾驶自我限制的程度相对较低，攻击性违规行为也不频繁。然而，当与情况描述结合起来时，这些数据表明驾驶习惯问卷并没有涵盖老年驾驶员可能选择回避的所有情况。我们建议需要一个新的回避量表，我们提出了一个新的项目池，可用于此目的。
