New Risk Management Study Findings Have Been Reported by L. Zhang and Colleagues (Effects of altruism and burnout on driving behavior of bus drivers)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Risk Management are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Beijing, People's Republic of China, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Personality traits predict driving behaviors. However, the mechanism underlying this relationship has not been adequately investigated in professional drivers."

Financial support for this research came from National Key Research and Development Plan.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "The current study investigated the relationship between altruistic personality and aberrant driving behaviors, and the potential role of burnout. A total of 194 bus drivers completed questionnaires including measures of altruism, burnout and aberrant driving behaviors (aggressive violations, ordinary violations, errors, and lapses). The results showed that altruism was negatively correlated with burnout, and with all the four subcategories of aberrant driving behavior. Burnout fully mediated the relationship between altruism and aggressive violations, and partially mediated the relationship between altruism and lapses."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "These findings can be applied in the bus drivers' selection and interventions for burnout in order to improve the safety of public transport."

For more information on this research see: Effects of altruism and burnout on driving behavior of bus drivers. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2017;102():110-115. 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.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting L. Zhang, Univ Chinese Academy Sci, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Keywords for this news article include: Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia, Risk Management.

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