Avaliação do comportamento do motorista, lócus de controle e estilos de direção no trânsito

This study aimed to analyze driver’s behavior, the locus of control in traffi c and driving styles. Three hundred and twenty six drivers participated in the present study, aged 19-75 years (M = 38.27; SD = 11.54), 55.5% being female and with years of driving between 1 and 49 (M = 15.69; SD = 10.80). The instruments used were the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (QCM), the Traffi c Locus of Control (T-LOC-BR) and the Multidimensional Driving Styles Inventory (MSDI). Results indicated that errors, lapses and drivers’ violations were positively correlated with causal attributions of accidents to internal reasons and chance, as well as with aggressive and careless driving styles. The analysis of scores obtained from the three instruments also revealed signifi cant differences with regard to sociodemographic variables. We believe these fi ndings contribute to a better understanding of drivers’ behavior, however, further