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Can the traffic locus of control (T-LOC) scale be successfully used to predict Swedish drivers’ speeding behaviour?
Dalarna University, School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Psychology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4715-8935
2010 (English)In: Accident Analysis and Prevention, ISSN 0001-4575, E-ISSN 1879-2057, Vol. 42, p. 1113-1117Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The first aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure of the traffic locus of control (TLOC)scale in a Swedish sample of drivers. The second aim was to examine if this scale can be used to predict drivers’ speeding behaviour. A sample of Swedish car owners (N= 223) completed a questionnaire including questions based on the traffic locus of control (T-LOC) scale as well as questions about their speeding behaviour. The results showed a five factor solution including own skills, own behaviour, other drivers, vehicle/environment and fate. Own behaviour and vehicle/environment could be used to predict drivers’ speeding behaviour on roads with a 90 km/h speed limit while none of the variables included in the traffic locus of control (T-LOC) scale could be used to predict drivers’ speeding behaviour on roads with a 50 km/h speed limit. On 90 km/h roads own behaviour was positively related to drivers’ speeding behaviour while vehicle/environment was negatively related to their speeding behaviour.

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2010. Vol. 42, p. 1113-1117
Keywords [en]
Locus of control, T-LOC, Internal, External, Speeding
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-5432OAI: oai:dalea.du.se:5432DiVA, id: diva2:520342
Available from: 2011-03-14 Created: 2011-03-14 Last updated: 2017-12-07Bibliographically approved

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