New Risk Management Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Measurement invariance of the…

New Risk Management Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Measurement invariance of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire across samples of young drivers from Finland and Ireland)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Risk Management. According to news originating from Trondheim, Norway, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "This article investigates the factor structure of the 27-item Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ) in two samples of young drivers (18-25 years of age); one from Finland and the other from Ireland. We compare the two-, three-, and four-factor solutions using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and show that the four-factor model (with the latent variables rule violations, aggressive violations, slips and lapses) fits the data from the two countries best."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), "Next, we compare the fit of this model across samples by the means of a measurement invariance analysis in the CFA framework. The analysis shows that the four-factor model fails to fit both samples equally well. This is mainly because the socially-oriented latent variables (rule violations and aggressive violations) are different in nature in the two samples. The cognitively-oriented latent variables (slips and lapses) are, however, similar across countries and the mean values of slips can be compared using latent variable models."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "However, the common practice of calculating sum scores to represent the four latent DBQ variables and comparing them across subgroups of respondents is unfounded, at least when comparing young respondents from Finland and Ireland."

For more information on this research see: Measurement invariance of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire across samples of young drivers from Finland and Ireland. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2015;78():185-200. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.elsevier.com/wps/product/cws_home/336)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from M. Mattsson, Norwegian University Science & Technology, Dept. of Psychol, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway. Additional authors for this research include F. O'Brien, T. Lajunen, M. Gormley and H. Summala.

Keywords for this news article include: Norway, Europe, Trondheim, Risk Management

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