Moral Judgment and Drivers' Behavior among Brazilian Students
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 91 (3) , 759-766
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.91.3.759
Abstract
It is well known that lifestyle, social deviance, and criminal background are related to involvement in road accidents. This study addressed the connection between moral judgment and driving behavior, especially deliberate violations of the traffic law. 260 university students (age 18–30 years, 41% women) completed the Sociomoral Reflection Measure and Driver Behavior Questionnaire. No significant associations were found, probably due to the small variance in Moral Judgment score in this selected sample. This study presented a Portuguese 28-item version of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire that reproduced the same four-factor structure as the British version: ordinary violations, aggressive violations, errors, and lapses.Keywords
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