Moderating effects of age on personality, driving behavior towards driving outcomes

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the effect of people ’s personality on driving behavior and traffic accidents and violations in the province of South Sulawesi. Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted in order to determine the moderating effects of age on the relationship between personality variables, driving behavior and driving o utcomes. The research was conducted over two years. For the first year of this study, research was conducted in the city of Makassar, the capital of the South Sulawesi province, which has the highest volume of accidents compared to other districts/cities in South Sulawesi. The approach used in condu cting the data analysis was a quantitative approach; the inferential statistical analysis method of analysis used to test the hypothesis of the research was structural equation modeling. Findings The results of the analysis show that age is a moderating variable in the relationship between persona lity, driving behavior and driving outcomes. The higher the age, the stronger the influence of personality on driving behavior and driving outcomes, and the stronger the effect of driving behavior on driving outcomes. Originality/value Originality for this paper is shown as follows: using age on p ersonality has a moderating effect on the relationship between driving behavior and driving outcomes; and the research would implicate driving behavior and inc...
Source: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research