Herrero-Fernández, David and Bogdan-Ganea, Smaranda R. and Martín Ayala, Juan Luis and Rojas Vistorte, Angel Olider david.herrero@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, juan.martin@uneatlantico.es, angel.rojas@uneatlantico.es (2026) Development and validation of the driving self-esteem questionnaire. Current Psychology, 45 (19). ISSN 1046-1310
Abstract
Global self-esteem has proved to be a strong predictor of several outcomes, including anger and aggressive behaviour on and off the road. However, different theoretical approaches suggest the relevance of identifying and assessing context-specific forms of self-esteem. The present study aimed to develop and validate a self-report measure of driving self-esteem (DSEQ) in a sample of Spanish drivers (n = 530, Mage = 30.55, 67.4% women). Exploratory factor analyses using polychoric correlations and parallel analysis supported a unidimensional structure, with initial multidimensional patterns attributable to item wording effects. The final model showed adequate fit, strong unidimensionality indices (UniCo, ECV, MIREAL), and high reliability. Measurement invariance across gender was supported at configural, metric, and scalar levels. Evidence of validity based on relationships with external variables was observed, with driving self-esteem positively associated with global self-esteem and negatively related to several dimensions of driving anger. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated modest and domain-specific incremental validity, with small increases in explained variance for discourtesy and slow driving, but not for other dimensions. These findings support the DSEQ as a reliable and valid instrument and highlight the relevance of assessing self-esteem at a context-specific level in driving research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Subjects > Psychology |
| Divisions: | Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Articles and books Ibero-american International University > Research > Articles and books |
| Depositing User: | Sr Bibliotecario |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2026 14:14 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2026 14:14 |
| URI: | https://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/30138 |
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