Alexithymia and the Perception of Stress of Public Transport Drivers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10158-012-0046-8" target="_blank" >10.2478/v10158-012-0046-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Alexithymia and the Perception of Stress of Public Transport Drivers

Original language description

The objective of the research was description of the factors of psychological stress of Czech drivers in association with an occurrence of alexithymia and with the number of accidents. Psychological stress, occurrence of alexithymia and the number of accidents were indicated in a questionnaire. The sample consisted of 611 public transport drivers from the Czech Republic. Alexithymia was assessed by a questionnaire Stress of Public Transport Drivers. The occurrence of psycho-pathological symptoms was assessed by the Symptom Checklist-90. The drivers have shown only a low level of stress which did not differ by the vehicle type. Alexithymia occurred with 1/3 of the drivers. The association of alexithymia and the perceived stress was confirmed; the association of alexithymia and stress and the number of accidents was not confirmed. Contrary to the expectation, the drivers showed a low level of stress. The interaction with passengers was revealed as the most significant stressor. In accord

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transaction on Transport Sciences

ISSN

1802-9876

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

185-192

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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