Socio-Demographic Factors, Personality Traits and Job Stress as Predictors of, Driving Anger Behavior among Drivers in Ijebuode, Nigeria
Johnson Tunde OYELEKE Ph.D., Victoria BADA Ph.D., Olusegun Dele AJIBEWA Ph.D.

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of job stress on driving behavior among group of drivers assessing possible differences between a group of commercial and non-commercial drivers using standard psychometric scales. The study employed cross-sectional design. Personality traits and job stress are considered as independent variables in this study while drivers’ anger or angry behavior is taken as the dependent variable. The study was conducted in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State. The research was conducted on a group of 341 commercial drivers and 372 non-commercial drivers using two psychometric scales: Anger Driving Behavior Scale, and Job Stress Scale. A structured questionnaire consisting of 35-item was used as tool for collection of data in the study. The questionnaire has three sections: namely, demographic characteristics, driving behavior scale and job stress scale Result showed that participants with high extraversion significantly reported higher driving anger behavior than those with low extraversion (t(711)=-12.31, p<.001), also participants with high level of job stress significantly score higher on measure of driving anger behavior than those with low level of job stress at (t{711}= -4.29,p<.001). Further in the study participants with high level of job stress significantly reported higher driving anger behavior than those with low level of job stress (t(711)= -4.29, p<.001). There was significant main effects of drivers category and level of stress on driving behavior (F (1,709) = 316.83; p< .001), (F (1,709) = 129.017; p< .001) respectively. Lastly, driving experience and educational level had significant joint effect on driving anger behavior (F(2,710)=61.05; p<0.001), The implication of the findings shows that Job stress is positively associated with distraction in driving and other risky driving behaviour. It is recommended that there should be educational training programmes and psychotherapy for both commercial and non-commercial drivers.

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