@article{ref1,
title="Personality factors in relation to car accident determinism: an Italian survey",
journal="Journal of traffic medicine",
year="2001",
author="Perassi, M. and Della Valle, G. and Ardoino, PL",
volume="29",
number="1-2",
pages="20-24",
abstract="Objective: Personality factors play a central role in road accident determinism. This paper outlines some of the results of a survey that was carried on from 1995 to 1999 in Italy. Methods: The Rorschach psychodiagnostic test was administered to 282 drivers that were involved in car accidents in a well-defined geographical area near Naples. Since each accident was analyzed on the road by a group of experts, for each driver it was possible to know if he/she determined the accident or just met with it. Finally a group of control drivers (n=75) that have not been involved in any car accident over the past five years was created (matched for age and sex with the experimental group). Results: Results of personality analysis showed significant differences between determinative drivers and non-determinative drivers that regarded both emotional control and intelligence. Conclusion: Results of the present study can be useful to psychologists and educators who have to design more incisive campaigns and programs for road safety promotion.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0345-5564",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}