Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the temperament and personality characteristics of drunk drivers. Data from 79 drunk drivers who visited the Road Traffic Corporation in Juju were analysed. For this, the measured data were classified into three groups by cluster analysis. The results found in the study are as follows. It was confirmed that drunk drivers had a high novelty seeking score and a low cooperative score. As a result of cluster analysis of drunk drivers, they were classified into three categories: “immature with neurotic temperament,” “logical with low-risk temperament,” and “self-transcendent with temperament that wants attention.” There were differences in harm avoidance, reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, and cooperative T scores among the TCI upper scales according to the temperament control function of personality. The results of this study are significant in that they presented a psychological counseling approach direction by temperament and personality characteristics to eradicate drunk driving.