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Item development and validity testing for a self- and proxy report: the safe driving behavior measure.

Sherrilene Classen¹, Sandra M Winter, Craig A Velozo

¹Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, PO Box 100164, Gainesville, FL 32611-0164, USA. sclassen@phhp.ufl.edu

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy : Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

|May 5, 2010

Summary

A new self-report measure for older adult safe driving behaviors (SDBM) was developed and tested. Initial results show acceptable face and content validity, supporting its use for assessing older drivers.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Traffic Safety Research
Psychometrics

Background:

Assessing older adult driving safety is crucial for public health.
Existing measures may not fully capture nuanced safe driving behaviors.
Development of reliable and valid instruments is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a self-report measure of safe driving behaviors for older adults (SDBM).
To establish the face and content validity of the SDBM.

Main Methods:

Item generation based on theoretical frameworks and existing literature.
Focus groups informed item development.
Face validity assessed by peer reviewers; content validity by expert raters using CVI.

Main Results:

Peer review confirmed acceptable face validity.
Initial content validity index (CVI) was 0.78, with 44/60 items meeting criteria.
Post-revision, the scale average CVI improved to 0.84, indicating acceptable content validity.

Conclusions:

The developed Safe Driving Behaviors Measure (SDBM) shows promise as a self-report tool for older drivers.
Further research, including on-road testing, is needed to establish criterion validity.