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Drinking Behavior, Personality Factors and High-Risk Driving; A Review and Theoretical Formulation
Dennis Michael Donovan, G. Alan Marlatt, Philip M. Salzberg
SUMMARY. Literature concerned with five broad categories of psychosocial variables contributing to the risk of traffic accidents is reviewed: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) excessive alcohol use, (3) personality traits, (4) acute states of emotional distress and (5) driving-related attitudes. A theoretical cognitive-behavioral model is presented in an attempt to integrate the results concerning the influence of these different factors.
