Bivariate Correlations among the Variables of the Study
Bivariate correlations between all the variables of the study are presented in Table 7. PTG, the first dependent variable of the study, was positively correlated with income level (r = .15, p < .05), timing of the event (r = .20, p < .01), perceived severity of...
Descriptive Statistics for the Variables of the Study
The descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, and range) of the essential variables of the study are presented in the Table 6.
Statistical Analyses, Data Screening and Cleaning
In the present study, data were analyzed by the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22 for Mac. Because of the fact that data were collected through Survey Monkey, there were no missing cases. In order to perform the mediation analyses, PROCESS...
Procedure
In order to collect data of the present study permission was obtained from Middle East Technical University Graduate School of Social Science Ethics Committee. Data of the present study was collected from traffic accident survivors in Turkey. For data collection...
Positive Driver Behaviors Scale
The Positive Driver Behavior Scale was developed by Özkan and Lajunen (2005) in order to provide a positive driver behavior dimension to Driver Behavior Questionnaire (Reason, Manstead, Stradling, Baxter, & Campbell, 1990). The aim of the Positive Driver Behavior...
Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)
Multidimensional Scale of Social Support (MSPSS) was developed by Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, and Farley (1988). The scale was composed of 12 items designed to measure perceived social support acquired from three sources, namely family, friends, and significant others....
The Impact of Events Scale – Revised (IES-R)
The Impact of Event Scale (IES) was developed by Horowitz, Wilner, and Alvarez (1979) in order to assess the frequency of posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced during the past week. The scale consisted of 15 items rated on a 4-point scale namely, 0 (not at all), 1...
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI)
The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory was developed by Tedeschi and Calhoun (1996) in order to measure positive changes in the aftermath of traumatic events. It consists of 21 items rated on a 6-point scale ranging from 0 (“I did notexperience this change as a result of...
Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI)
The Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI) was developed by Folkman and Lazarus (1985) in order to assess the coping processes following stressful situations. The original scale was composed of 66 items. The Turkish adaptation of WCI (Siva, 1991) includes 74 items because 8...