Evaluating motorcycle Rider aggression in Mexico and Spain: Construct validity for the LatinCAM

• Published in: Transportation research. Part F, Traffic psychology and behaviour Traffic psychology and behaviour, 2024-10, Vol.106, p.128-134
• Main Authors: Dorantes-Argandar, Gabriel, Gallardo-Estrada, Miguel Ángel, Ferrero-Pastor, Elia Sigrid, Tortosa Pérez, Macarena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Factorial analysis; Motorcycle riders; Rider aggression
• ISSN: 1369-8478
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2024.08.011

•A two-phase study is carried out to determine the most frequent behaviors considered to be aggressive in motorcycle riders.•A scale was constructed to evaluate rider aggression and its psychometric properties were determined.•A definition of Rider Aggression is provided through this effort. Many researchers have delved into driver aggression for decades. Studies have been carried out in countries all over the world and attempts to curb it are well under way. However, motorcycle rider aggression has seen little effort into its description and study. The purpose of this study is to generate a scale that will allow evaluation rider aggression in Spanish-speaking countries. Through a two-phase methodology, a scale that evaluates this variable was constructed. The first phase consisted of gathering content validity for the scale, and a large group of items was comprised. Then, the second phase consisted of gathering 800 riders from Mexico and Spain, which provided the data from which construct validity was attempted and the indicators here presented were generated. Through this effort, a scale that evaluated Rider Aggression is constructed and is ready for its use in Mexico and Spain, although more research is warranted, and a larger number of Spanish-speaking countries is indicated. In the end, a definition for Rider Aggression is provided by the authors, and it was interesting that it lacks the component of Risky Driving, probably because all motorcycle use is risky in itself.