Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, College of Pharmacy, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 4;19(1):514. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010514.
Young drivers are generally associated with risky driving behaviors that can lead to crash involvement. Many self-report measurement scales are used to assess such risky behaviors. This study is aimed to understand the risky driving behaviors of young adults in Qatar and how such behaviors are associated with crash involvement. This was achieved through the usage of validated self-report measurement scales adopted for the Arabic context. A nationwide cross-sectional and exploratory study was conducted in Qatar from January to April 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the survey was conducted online. Therefore, respondents were selected conveniently. Hence, the study adopted a non-probability sampling method in which convenience and snowball sampling were used. A total of 253 completed questionnaires were received, of which 57.3% were female, and 42.7% were male. Approximately 55.8% of these young drivers were involved in traffic accidents after obtaining their driving license. On average, most young drivers do have some risky driving behavior accompanied by a low tendency to violate traffic laws, and their driving style is not significantly controlled by their personality on the road. The older young drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than the younger drivers, i.e., around 1.5 times more likely. Moreover, a young male driver is 3.2 times less likely to be involved in traffic accidents than a female driver. In addition, males are only 0.309 times as likely as females to be involved in an accident and have approximately a 70% lower likelihood of having an accident versus females. The analysis is complemented with the association between young drivers' demographic background and psychosocial-behavioral parameters (linking risky driving behavior, personality, and obligation effects on crash involvement). Some interventions are required to improve driving behavior, such as driving apps that are able to monitor and provide corrective feedback.
年轻驾驶员通常与危险驾驶行为相关，这些行为可能导致事故发生。许多自我报告的测量量表被用于评估此类危险行为。本研究旨在了解卡塔尔年轻成年人的危险驾驶行为，以及这些行为如何与事故发生相关。这是通过使用经过验证的、适用于阿拉伯语环境的自我报告测量量表来实现的。2021 年 1 月至 4 月，在卡塔尔进行了一项全国性的横断面和探索性研究。由于新冠疫情，调查是在线进行的。因此，调查对象是通过方便抽样选择的。因此，该研究采用了非概率抽样方法，方便抽样和滚雪球抽样都被使用。共收到 253 份完整的问卷，其中 57.3%是女性，42.7%是男性。大约 55.8%的年轻驾驶员在获得驾照后发生过交通事故。平均而言，大多数年轻驾驶员确实存在一些危险驾驶行为，同时他们违反交通规则的倾向较低，他们的驾驶风格并没有受到个性的显著影响。年龄较大的年轻驾驶员比年龄较小的驾驶员更容易发生交通事故，即发生事故的可能性大约高出 1.5 倍。此外，年轻男性驾驶员发生交通事故的可能性比女性驾驶员低 3.2 倍。此外，男性驾驶员发生事故的可能性比女性驾驶员低 0.309 倍，发生事故的可能性大约低 70%。分析还补充了年轻驾驶员的人口统计学背景与心理社会行为参数之间的关联（将危险驾驶行为、个性和义务对事故发生的影响联系起来）。需要采取一些干预措施来改善驾驶行为，例如能够监测和提供纠正反馈的驾驶应用程序。
