@article{ref1,
title="The effects of personality and gender on risky driving behaviour and accident involvement",
journal="Safety science",
year="2006",
author="Oltedal, Sigve and Rundmo, Torbjørn",
volume="44",
number="7",
pages="621-628",
abstract="The present study investigates the effects of personality traits and gender on risky driving behaviour and accident involvement. A sample of Norwegian adolescents in two Norwegian counties participated (n = 1356). Anxiety was significantly correlated to excitement-seeking and risky driving behaviour, and excitement-seeking was significantly correlated to risky driving behaviour and collisions. Through a regression analysis, personality traits and gender were found to explain 37.3% of the variance in risky driving behaviour. However, the relations were not very strong, and the personality traits did only explain a moderate part of the variance. Possible explanations for this as well as methodological considerations are discussed. Directions for further research are suggested.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0925-7535",
doi="10.1016/j.ssci.2005.12.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2005.12.003"
}