Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory

The most used self-assessment method for assessing driving style is the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI). This study aims to adapt the MDSI to Korean drivers (MDSI-K) and confirm the eight-factor driving style structure of the original version. Six hundred forty drivers aged 20–70 agr...

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Main Authors: Ilsun Rhiu, Wonjoon Kim
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Published: Elsevier 2025-02-01
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description The most used self-assessment method for assessing driving style is the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI). This study aims to adapt the MDSI to Korean drivers (MDSI-K) and confirm the eight-factor driving style structure of the original version. Six hundred forty drivers aged 20–70 agreed to participate in this study. All participants had at least one year of driving experience. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine whether the original MDSI fit the Korean driving style structure, and the goodness-of-fit values were not acceptable. Through correlation analysis, 11 survey questions were removed, and MDSI-K, which has the same structure as the original MDSI, was derived. Subsequent exploratory factor analysis yielded an 8-factor structure with several cross-loadings between factors. For more rigorous validation, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling was employed, resulting in a refined model comprising 33 items across 8 factors, which incorporated these cross-loadings in the MDSI-K construction. We propose that these cross-loadings represent cultural differences in driving styles. In conclusion, the results of this study show that there is a common concept of driving style that has been previously investigated in various countries. This can be seen as a similarity in the driving culture commonly used across countries. On the other hand, the results of the different structures or survey questions for the same questionnaire by country and culture show differences between cultures.
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spelling doaj-art-cd558d48e4f04c71b8e1364591b69bda2025-02-02T05:29:05ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-02-01113e42344Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventoryIlsun Rhiu0Wonjoon Kim1Division of Future Convergence (HCI Science Major), Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South KoreaCorresponding author.; Division of Future Convergence (HCI Science Major), Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South KoreaThe most used self-assessment method for assessing driving style is the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI). This study aims to adapt the MDSI to Korean drivers (MDSI-K) and confirm the eight-factor driving style structure of the original version. Six hundred forty drivers aged 20–70 agreed to participate in this study. All participants had at least one year of driving experience. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine whether the original MDSI fit the Korean driving style structure, and the goodness-of-fit values were not acceptable. Through correlation analysis, 11 survey questions were removed, and MDSI-K, which has the same structure as the original MDSI, was derived. Subsequent exploratory factor analysis yielded an 8-factor structure with several cross-loadings between factors. For more rigorous validation, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling was employed, resulting in a refined model comprising 33 items across 8 factors, which incorporated these cross-loadings in the MDSI-K construction. We propose that these cross-loadings represent cultural differences in driving styles. In conclusion, the results of this study show that there is a common concept of driving style that has been previously investigated in various countries. This can be seen as a similarity in the driving culture commonly used across countries. On the other hand, the results of the different structures or survey questions for the same questionnaire by country and culture show differences between cultures.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025007248Multidimensional driving style inventoryCultural differenceDriving style in Korean
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Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
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Cultural difference
Driving style in Korean
title Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
title_full Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
title_fullStr Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
title_full_unstemmed Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
title_short Korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
title_sort korean translation and validation of the multidimensional driving style inventory
topic Multidimensional driving style inventory
Cultural difference
Driving style in Korean
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025007248
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