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Abdoli N, Farnia V, Delavar A, et al. Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2015;11:2071-8doi: 10.2147/NDT.S88835.
Abdoli, N., Farnia, V., Delavar, A., Esmaeili, A., Dortaj, F., Farrokhi, N., Karami, M., Shakeri, J., Holsboer-Trachsler, E., & Brand, S. (2015). Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 112071-8. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S88835
Abdoli, Nasrin, et al. "Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders." Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment vol. 11 (2015): 2071-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S88835
Abdoli N, Farnia V, Delavar A, Esmaeili A, Dortaj F, Farrokhi N, Karami M, Shakeri J, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Brand S. Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2015 Aug 11;11:2071-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S88835. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26316753; PMCID: PMC4540139.
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Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2015 Aug 11;11:2071-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S88835. eCollection 2015.

Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders.

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

Nasrin Abdoli, Vahid Farnia, Ali Delavar, Alirez Esmaeili, Fariborz Dortaj, Noorali Farrokhi, Majid Karami, Jalal Shakeri, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Serge Brand

Affiliations

  1. International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, Iran ; Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  2. Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
  3. Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
  4. Police University, Tehran, Iran.
  5. Baharestan Research Center, Kermanshah Transportation Terminal, Kermanshah, Iran.
  6. Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  7. Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland ; Department of Sport and Health Science, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 26316753 PMCID: PMC4540139 DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S88835

Abstract

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: anxiety aggression; depression; health status; insomnia; male traffic offenders

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