ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE DRIVING ANGER SCALE: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN DRIVERS IN SOUTHERN PERU

Alejo-Chavez Y.; Oviedo-Soto R.; Camargo-Flores R.; Turpo-Chaparro J.E.; Mamani-Benito O. · Revista de la Asociacion Espanola de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo (2024)

Resumen

Objectives: Anger control has important implications in traffic accidents. Therefore, the aim was to validate a scale to assess the anger experienced by drivers in various traffic situations in southern Peru (EIC-Per). Material and Methods: Instrumental study in which 320 drivers of both sexes, between 26 and 35 years of age, from the department of Puno participated voluntarily. The participants were recruited from companies that provide interprovincial passenger transportation services. The instrument to be validated was the driving anger scale. The internal structure was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis and the internal consistency with Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient. Results: the confirmatory factor analysis reported an inadequate adjustment for the original 3-factor structure. In view of this fact, the model was re-specified by eliminating items 4 and 5 because their factor loadings were lower than.40. As a final result, an adequate model fit was obtained: (x2= 133.439 p < 0.000, gl= 50, CFI = 0.930, RMSEA = 0.072 and SRMR = 0.050). The resulting factor loadings are between 0.51 and 0.75 and the internal consistency of the dimensions is between Cronbach’s Alpha values 0.72 and 0.95. Conclusions: The EIC-Per scale demonstrates content-based validity, internal structure-based validity and reliability, therefore, it can be applied as a management tool in the occupational health of Peruvian drivers.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Unión; Universidad Señor de Sipán