Reliability and Validity of Traffic Displaced Aggression Questionnaire in Chinese Drivers
Objective To revise the Traffic Displaced Aggression Questionnaire(TDAQ)and test its reliability,validity and applicability in Chinese drivers.Methods A total of 305 valid questionnaires were obtained from 317 drivers using the Traffic Displaced Aggression Questionnaire(TDAQ).Through the analysis,the revised version of Chinese Traffic Displaced Questionnaire is obtained.Results The questionnaire consisted of 24 subjects,the cumu-lative variance explained rate is 56.278;The indicators of confirmatory factor analysis met the requirements of psy-chometric(GFI =0.870,IFI = 0.920,TLI = 0.911,NFI = 0.860,CFI = 0.919,RMSEA = 0.062,χ2/df = 2.148,SRMR =0.045).The Cronbach's α of the whole questionnaire was0.894,the internal consistency coefficient of each dimension of the questionnaire is0.677~0.936.Pearsoncorrelations betweenthe scales andthe whole questionnaire were from 0.588~0.845,and the correlation is significant.The dimensions of the questionnaire are partially related significantly correlated with the dimensions of the Prosocial and Aggressive Driving Inventory,indicating that the scales had good compatibility validity.Conclusion The reliability and validity of the revised TDAQ is better,and can be used as a tool to assess Chinese drivers'traffic displaced aggression.