Laboratoire de Psychologie, EA 4139, Univ. Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France; Hôpital Charles Perrens, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Psychologie, Personnalité, Cognition, Changement Social, EA4145, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, France.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Apr;262:290-294. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.12.019. Epub 2017 Dec 10.
Reducing risk attributable to traffic accidents is a public health challenge. Research into risk factors in the area is now moving towards identification of the psychological factors involved, particularly emotional states. The aim of this study was to evaluate the link between emotional reactivity and responsibility in road traffic accidents. We hypothesized that the more one's emotional reactivity is disturbed, the greater the likelihood of being responsible for a traffic accident.
This case-control study was based on a sample of 955 drivers injured in a motor vehicle crash. Responsibility levels were determined with a standardized method adapted from the quantitative Robertson and Drummer crash responsibility instrument. Emotional reactivity was assessed with the MATHYS.
Hierarchical cluster analysis discriminated four distinctive driver's emotional reactivity profiles: basic emotional reactivity (54%), mild emotional hyper-reactivity (29%), emotional hyper-reactivity (11%) and emotional hypo-reactivity (6%). Drivers who demonstrated emotional hypo-reactivity had a 2.3-fold greater risk of being responsible for a traffic accident than those with basic emotional reactivity.
Drivers' responsibility in traffic accidents depends on their emotional status. The latter can change the ability of drivers, modifying their behavior and thus increasing their propensity to exhibit risk behavior and to cause traffic accidents.
降低与交通事故相关的风险是公共卫生的挑战。该领域的风险因素研究目前正朝着确定所涉及的心理因素的方向发展，特别是情绪状态。本研究旨在评估道路交通碰撞中情绪反应性与责任之间的联系。我们假设，情绪反应性受到的干扰越大，发生交通事故的可能性就越大。
本病例对照研究基于在机动车事故中受伤的 955 名驾驶员的样本。采用从定量 Robertson 和 Drummer 事故责任仪器改编的标准化方法确定责任水平。使用 MATHYS 评估情绪反应性。
层次聚类分析区分了驾驶员情绪反应性的四个不同特征：基本情绪反应性（54%）、轻度情绪过度反应性（29%）、情绪过度反应性（11%）和情绪低反应性（6%）。表现出情绪低反应性的驾驶员发生交通事故的责任风险比具有基本情绪反应性的驾驶员高 2.3 倍。
驾驶员在交通事故中的责任取决于他们的情绪状态。后者可以改变驾驶员的能力，改变他们的行为，从而增加他们表现出风险行为和导致交通事故的倾向。
