Polish adaptation of the driving and riding avoidance scale

dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume44
dc.contributor.authorBlachnio A
dc.contributor.authorPrzepiórka A
dc.contributor.authorSullman M
dc.contributor.authorTaylor J
dc.date.available2013
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractDriving anxiety is a relatively undervalued topic of research, despite the fact that it can have a substantial detrimental impact on an individual’s life. The prevalence of driving anxiety in motor vehicle crash (MVC) survivors has been found to range from 18-77%. Although driving anxiety can develop without crash involvement, no information currently exists on the prevalence of driving anxiety in the general population. One barrier to gathering this information is that most of the instruments are designed to measure driving anxiety in MVC survivors. However, the Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS; Stewart & St. Peter, 2004) is one instrument that shows promise as a more general measure of driving anxiety, although previous research has noted the need for some minor adaptations (Taylor & Sullman, 2009). Therefore, the present study investigated the psychometric properties of an adapted version of the DRAS and the level of driving anxiety amongst a sample of 210 Polish participants. Internal consistency for the overall DRAS was .91 and ranged from .77 to .85 for the subscales. Factor analysis of the DRAS resulted in two clear factors, with the first containing driving avoidance items and the second consisting solely of riding avoidance items. Therefore it appears that the DRAS can be a useful measure of driving avoidance in samples drawn from the general population as well as MVC survivors.
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dc.description.publication-statusPublished
dc.format.extent185 - 192
dc.identifierhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ppb
dc.identifier.citationPolish Psychological Bulletin, 2013, 44 (2), pp. 185 - 192
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/ppb-2013-0021
dc.identifier.eissn1641-7844
dc.identifier.elements-id189711
dc.identifier.issn0079-2993
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/6026
dc.publisherVersita
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ppb
dc.relation.isPartOfPolish Psychological Bulletin
dc.subjectdriving anxiety
dc.subjectthe Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale
dc.subjectDRAS
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectself-esteem
dc.subjectmood
dc.subject.anzsrc1701 Psychology
dc.subject.anzsrc1702 Cognitive Sciences
dc.titlePolish adaptation of the driving and riding avoidance scale
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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