PERSONALITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS PREDICTORS OF ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES AMONGST COMMERCIAL DRIVERS IN JOS METROPOLIS

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Published: 2026-04-15
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Personality, substance abuse, road traffic offenses, Jos Metropolis

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Joseph Longshak Kosen
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos ABSTRACT
John Dokotri
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
Sochukwuma Okwudili Nwaenyi
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
Regina Mwanti Dokotri
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
Alfred Habila Daktong
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
James Ali Ugbo
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
Bisan Musa
Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Abstract

This study examined the influence of personality and substance abuse on road traffic offences amongst commercial drivers in Jos metropolis. One hundred and sixty three male commercial drivers with a mean age of 31.7 years (SD 2.6 years) participated in the study. The Big Five Personality Inventory (Oliver, 1991), the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) (Humeniuk et al., 2010) and the Risky Attitude and Traffic Violation Scale (RATVS) (Celik, 2006) were used to generate data in order to test six hypotheses. The test results revealed that there was no significant relationship between openness personality trait and traffic offences (t = 0.055, p = 0.956); there was a significant relationship between conscientiousness personality trait and traffic offences (t = 2.475, p = 0.014); there is a significant relationship between extroversion personality trait and traffic offences (t = - 2.454, p = 0.015); there was no significant relationship between agreeableness personality trait and traffic offences (t = 0.430, p = 0.668); there was a significant relationship between neuroticism personality trait and traffic offences (t = 2.383, p = 0.018); and there was no significant relationship between substance abuse and traffic offences (t = 0.110, p = 0.912). Recommendations were made based on these findings.

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Management Sciences

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Joseph Longshak Kosen, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos ABSTRACT

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos
ABSTRACT

John Dokotri, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Sochukwuma Okwudili Nwaenyi, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Regina Mwanti Dokotri, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Alfred Habila Daktong, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

James Ali Ugbo, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Bisan Musa, Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

Department of General and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jos

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