UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

FACULTY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Dear Respondent,

You are invited to participate in an academic research. I would be glad if you could carefully and
accurately complete this questionnaire. It may take 8 minutes of your time but your response will
be highly useful in contributing to knowledge in this area.

SECTION A:
Kindly supply the necessary information or tick the appropriate column.
1. Sex: Male [ ] Female [ ]
2. Age: ___________________
3. Religion: Christianity [ ] Islam [ ] Traditional [ ] Others:
4. Marital Status: Single [ ] Married [ ] Divorced [ ] Others [ ]

5a. Designation: Owner Commercial Driver [ ] Commercial Driver [ ] Apprentice Commercial

Driver [ ] Private/Commercial [ ]
6. Years of Driving experience:............................... Type of vehicle: Car [ ] Bus [ ] Truck [ ]
7. Academic Qualification: No formal school [ ] Apprenticeship [ ] Primary [ ] SSCE [ ]
OND [ ] HND/BSC [ ] Ph.D./Masters [ ]
8. Monthly income........................................

SECTION B: Please respond to the following statements as they relate to you. Please tick using
the following rating 1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree 3 = undecided 4 = Agree
5 = Strongly Agree

I see myself as someone who.

S/N ITEMS 1 2 3 4 5
1 I see myself as someone is reserved
2 I see myself as someone is generally trusting
3 I see myself as someone tends to be lazy
4 I see myself as someone is relaxed, handles stress well
5 I see myself as someone has few artistic interests
6 I see myself as someone is outgoing, sociable
7 I see myself as someone tends to find fault with others
8 I see myself as someone does a thorough job
9 I see myself as someone gets nervous easily
10 I see myself as someone has an active imagination
SECTION C: Please respond to the following statements as they relate to you. Please tick using
the following rating 1 = Not at true of me 2 = Mostly not true of me 3 = Somewhat
not true 4 = Not sure 5 = Somewhat true 6 = Mostly true of me, 7 = very true of me
S/N ITEMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Generally, I am sure that my professional knowledge and skills
are on a very high level
2 I feel that my passengers respect me very much
3 Other Road users have cursed/fight me because of my driving
4 I often refer to myself as a professional driver
5 I see driving as a professional career
6 I think that I think am good to be a called a professional driver
7 Generally, I have a good feeling that drive well to the satisfaction
of my passengers
8 I often feel insecure about my driving experience
9 I believe there a lot of places and roads which I cannot drive with
expertise
10 I am very successful in my relations with passengers
11 My colleagues and friends respect driving skills
12 Police and Road safety commend me as a professional driver

SECTION D: Please respond to the following statements as they relate to you. Please tick using
the following rating 1 = Not at all stressful for me, 2 = Not stressful/does not affect me,
3 = Somewhat stressful to me, 4 = Mostly stressful for me, 5 = Very stressful to me.
S/N ITEMS 1 2 3 4 5
1 Distraction and conflict with passengers
2 Problems with police and traffic warden
3 Conflicts with union leaders
4 Dangerous driving by okada and car drivers (Micra)
5 Dangerous overtaking by private vehicle drivers
6 Rough driving by trailer drivers
7 Faulty vehicle and poor job by mechanic
8 Fear of arrest/vehicle impound by Vehicle inspection Officers (VIO)
9 Accident and collusion with others vehicles
10 Fight and conflict other drivers
11 Lack of funds to repair vehicle
12 Heat from working in the vehicle
13 Straining your eyes due to too much light from other vehicles
14 Dangerous behaviour by pedestrian crossing/walking/running on the road
15 Abusive passengers and road users
16 Bad roads and impassable routes
17 Driving when it is raining
18 Some persons smash your mirror/windscreen/lights
Thank you for your participation.