Psychopathology and traffic violations in subjects who have lost their driving licence

The persistence of risky behaviors while driving and traffic accidents despite campaigns to increase awareness suggest there may by underlying causes that maintain proneness to traffic violations. The aim of the current study was to assess: a) the prevalence of psychopathology in a sample of people who have lost their driving license due to former traffic violations and b) the discriminatory capacity of each psychopathological disorder to differentiate among people with high and low proneness to perform risky behaviors while driving.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - March 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: S Valero, R Bosch, M Corominas, A Giannoni, V Barrau, M Casas Source Type: research