TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Assessing psychological fitness to drive for intoxicated drivers: relationships of cognitive abilities, fluid intelligence, and personality traits JO - Frontiers in psychology A1 - Nechtelberger, Martin A1 - Vlasak, Thomas A1 - Senft, Birgit A1 - Nechtelberger, Andrea A1 - Barth, Alfred SP - e1002 EP - e1002 VL - 11 IS - N2 - Our study explores the relationships between traffic-psychological driving-related personality traits, fluid intelligence, and cognitive abilities for drivers whose driver license has been revoked due to intoxicated driving (alcohol and/or drugs). We were able to show that high significant impacts on cognitive functions derive from the participants' age and fluid intelligence. In addition, driving-related personality traits like emotional instability, sense of responsibility and self-control contributed significantly to some of the cognitive abilities that are important for the fitness to drive. Additionally, mediating effects of fluid intelligence in the model are discussed. Traffic psychologists can use this knowledge in their assessment of drivers, mainly regarding the possible compensation of cognitive deficits regarding the fitness to drive.

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LA - en SN - 1664-1078 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01002 ID - ref1 ER -