Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders

Nasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Pr...

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Autores principales:	Abdoli N, Farnia V, Delavar A, Esmaeili A, Dortaj F, Farrokhi N, Karami M, Shakeri J, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Br, S
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2015
Materias:	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7fe8235686ea4a1db72e04bc78c3caa02021-12-02T01:52:50ZPoor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/7fe8235686ea4a1db72e04bc78c3caa02015-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/poor-mental-health-status-and-aggression-are-associated-with-poor-driv-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Nasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 4Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 5Police University, Tehran, 6Baharestan Research Center, Kermanshah Transportation Terminal, Kermanshah, Iran, 7Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, 8Department of Sport and Health Science, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Background: In Iran, traffic accidents and deaths from traffic accidents are among the highest in the world, and generally driver behavior rather than either technical failures or environmental conditions are responsible for traffic accidents. In the present study, we explored the extent to which aggressive traits, health status, and sociodemographic variables explain driving behavior among Iranian male traffic offenders. Method: A total of 443 male driving offenders (mean age: M =31.40 years, standard deviation =9.56) from Kermanshah (Iran) took part in the study. Participants completed a questionnaire booklet covering sociodemographic variables, traits of aggression, health status, and driving behavior. Results: Poor health status, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and social dysfunction, and also higher levels of trait aggression explained poor driving behavior. Multiple regressions indicated that poor health status, but not aggression, independently predicted poor driving behavior. Conclusion: Results suggest that health status concerns are associated with poor driving behavior. Prevention and intervention might therefore focus on drivers reporting poor mental health status. Keywords: insomnia, depression, anxiety aggression, health status, male traffic offendersAbdoli NFarnia VDelavar AEsmaeili ADortaj FFarrokhi NKarami MShakeri JHolsboer-Trachsler EBrSDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 2071-2078 (2015)
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topic	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429
spellingShingle	Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system RC346-429 Abdoli N Farnia V Delavar A Esmaeili A Dortaj F Farrokhi N Karami M Shakeri J Holsboer-Trachsler E Br S Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
description	Nasrin Abdoli,1,2 Vahid Farnia,3 Ali Delavar,4 Alirez Esmaeili,5 Fariborz Dortaj,4 Noorali Farrokhi,4 Majid Karami,6 Jalal Shakeri,3 Edith Holsboer-Trachsler,7 Serge Brand7,8 1International University of Imam Reza, Mashhad, 2Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 3Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, 4Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, 5Police University, Tehran, 6Baharestan Research Center, Kermanshah Transportation Terminal, Kermanshah, Iran, 7Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, 8Department of Sport and Health Science, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Background: In Iran, traffic accidents and deaths from traffic accidents are among the highest in the world, and generally driver behavior rather than either technical failures or environmental conditions are responsible for traffic accidents. In the present study, we explored the extent to which aggressive traits, health status, and sociodemographic variables explain driving behavior among Iranian male traffic offenders. Method: A total of 443 male driving offenders (mean age: M =31.40 years, standard deviation =9.56) from Kermanshah (Iran) took part in the study. Participants completed a questionnaire booklet covering sociodemographic variables, traits of aggression, health status, and driving behavior. Results: Poor health status, such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and social dysfunction, and also higher levels of trait aggression explained poor driving behavior. Multiple regressions indicated that poor health status, but not aggression, independently predicted poor driving behavior. Conclusion: Results suggest that health status concerns are associated with poor driving behavior. Prevention and intervention might therefore focus on drivers reporting poor mental health status. Keywords: insomnia, depression, anxiety aggression, health status, male traffic offenders
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author	Abdoli N Farnia V Delavar A Esmaeili A Dortaj F Farrokhi N Karami M Shakeri J Holsboer-Trachsler E Br S
author_facet	Abdoli N Farnia V Delavar A Esmaeili A Dortaj F Farrokhi N Karami M Shakeri J Holsboer-Trachsler E Br S
author_sort	Abdoli N
title	Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
title_short	Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
title_full	Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
title_fullStr	Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
title_full_unstemmed	Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
title_sort	poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/7fe8235686ea4a1db72e04bc78c3caa0
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Poor mental health status and aggression are associated with poor driving behavior among male traffic offenders

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