The Impact of Reaction Time and Some Psychological and Demographics Variables on the Occurrence of Road Traffc Accidents among a Sample of Motorists in Kuwait

Abstract

The main aim of the present study was to explore the impact of reaction time and some psychological and demographics variables on the occurrence of road traffc accidents among a sample of motorists in Kuwait. The fnal sample consisted of (350( motorists from Kuwait. This study used the following tools: A( Measurements of reaction time. B( The scale of stress management strategies. C( The scale of psychological security. D( The scale of self-esteem. The study found that there were signifcant differences between the experimental group (who caused road traffc accidents) and the control group (who did not cause road traffc accidents) in the reaction time in favor of the experimental group. There were signifcant differences between the two groups in self-esteem, self-confdence, others-confdence and some of stress management strategies in favor of the control group. There were signifcant differences between males and females in the rate of road traffc accidents in favor of males. There were signifcant differences in the rate of traffc accidents due to the interaction between the social status and the age level in favor of married couples between the ages of (30-44( years. There was a positive correlation between rate of traffc accidents and reaction time. The method of planning was a strong predictor of the rate of traffc accidents followed by the method of acceptance, and the method of denial and selfesteem.