Accident proneness is a concept that refers to an enduring or stable personality characteristic that predisposes an individual toward having accidents. The concept is controversial and has sustained a lively debate in the literature over the past 75 years. For the most part, though, continual interest has been fueled by poor experimental procedures, misinterpretation of previously reported results, the need to assign blame to individuals, and a rather curious doggedness in attempting to establish a relationship between accidents and personality traits, despite the lack of supporting scientific evidence. This paper reports the origins of the notion of accident proneness and reviews the studies that purport to support or refute it.... Accident proneness, Personality traits, Accidents, Prediction, Literature critiques.


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    Title :

    Accident Proneness: A Research Review


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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