The role of mental health in high-risk driving behaviors and attitudes toward traffic rules in intercity drivers

The main purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between mental health and high-risk driving behaviors and attitudes towards traffic rules in the inner city drivers of Marand city. In terms of purpose, the present study is an application that has been performed in a descriptive-correlational manner. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all intra-city drivers of Marand city with 2400 people and the sample size was determined using Morgan table and sampling method of 250 people. To collect the data, the Kiesz Five Mental Health Questionnaire (2002), the Manchester Driving Behavior Scale and the Zarabadi Questionnaire (2011) were used. There is a negative and significant relationship between emotional well-being and high-risk behaviors, intentional violations and unintentional violations. There is no significant relationship between mental well-being and high-risk behaviors, intentional violations and unintentional violations, but there is a negative and significant relationship between mental well-being of mental health components and intentional and unintentional violations of high-risk driving behaviors. There is a negative and significant relationship between social well-being and high-risk behaviors, intentional violations and unintentional violations, but there is no significant relationship between social well-being from mental health components and driving errors from high-risk driving behaviors. There is no significant relationship between emotional well-being and attitude variables, perceived behavioral control and intention to comply with the rules, but there is a significant relationship between emotional well-being of mental health components and mental norm of attitudes toward traffic rules. has it. There is no significant relationship between mental well-being and attitude variables, perceived behavioral control and intention to follow the rules, but there is a significant relationship between mental well-being from the components of mental health and mental norm from the components of attitude towards traffic rules. has it. There is no significant relationship between social well-being and attitude variables, perceived behavioral control, and intention to follow the rules.