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Tinella L, Caffò AO, Lopez A, et al. Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23)doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312828.
Tinella, L., Caffò, A. O., Lopez, A., Nardulli, F., Grattagliano, I., & Bosco, A. (2021). Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(23), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312828
Tinella, Luigi, et al. "Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 18,23 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312828
Tinella L, Caffò AO, Lopez A, Nardulli F, Grattagliano I, Bosco A. Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 05;18(23). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312828. PMID: 34886553; PMCID: PMC8657624.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 05;18(23). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312828.

Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Luigi Tinella, Alessandro Oronzo Caffò, Antonella Lopez, Francesco Nardulli, Ignazio Grattagliano, Andrea Bosco

Affiliations

  1. Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy.
  2. Commissione Medica Locale Patenti Speciali, Azienda Sanitaria Locale-Bari, 70123 Bari, Italy.

PMID: 34886553 PMCID: PMC8657624 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312828

Abstract

Drunken driving is among the main challenges for road safety by causing worldwide motor-vehicle crashes with severe injuries and deaths. The reassessment of fitness-to-drive in drivers stopped for drunken driving includes mainly psychological examinations. The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and the consistency of selected variables of different psychological driving-related dimensions (i.e., cognitive skills and personality) in discriminating 90 male drinker drivers (DD) from matched non-drinkers controls. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Mental Rotation Test (MRT), and the Perspective-Taking Test (PT) were administered to assess overall cognitive functioning, and object- and self-based spatial transformation abilities, respectively. Participants completed a computerized test measuring resilience of attention (DT), reaction times (RT), and perceptual speed (ATAVT). The Personality Psychopathology Five scales (i.e., PSY-5: Aggressiveness-AGGR, Psychoticism-PSYC, Disconstraint-DISC, Negative-Emotionality-NEGE, and Introversion-INTR) the validity scale (L) and the dissimulation index (F-K) were scored from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). A logistic binomial regression analysis (backward subtraction method) was used to identify discriminant predictors. A prediction analysis (ROC curve method) was performed on the final model. Results showed that the scores obtained in MRT, DT, and the personality measures of PSYC, DISC, NEGE, and INTR significantly discriminated DD from their matched controls with moderate-to-good values of accuracy (0.79), sensitivity (0.80), and specificity (0.79), as well as a good AUC value (0.89). In some cases, the personality dimensions provided-reliable-unexpected results. Low scores of PSYC, NEGE, and INTR were found to predict the membership to the DD group; results are discussed with reference to response management. Personality measures should be assessed with particular attention in a forensic context because they are more prone to be feigned than cognitive ones. Overall, the present study confirmed the relevance of integrating different driving-related psychological dimensions in the evaluation of fitness-to-drive showing the usefulness of standardized tools for the reassessment of drinker drivers.

Keywords: cognition; drunk driving; fitness-to-drive; personality; spatial transformation skills

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