Big Five Personality Traits and Driving Behaviors of Young Indian Drivers

Abstract

Driving is a skill-based activity irrespective of the country/state one lives. Hence, the skills are directly or indirectly related with the personality traits of the driver. Studies conducted over the past years have examined the function of personality traits and driver behavior in correlation with traffic and accidents across the country. Nevertheless, none of the studies so far have explored the probable moderating role played by age in relation to predictors of accident risk. The purpose of this study is to identify how the personality traits play a vital role in predicting a person’s aggressive thoughts while driving which may result in risky driving behavior. NEO-FFI 3 and Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) questionnaire was used to measure risky driving behavior. A total of 100 samples were collected from. The results showed that from the big 5 personality traits – Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism; only Conscientiousness, Agreeableness and Neuroticism reflect a low significance whereas Openness and Extraversion shows no significances with the driving behaviors at all.