Estilos de conducción, salud mental y consumo de alcohol en conductores motorizados en Ecuador, 2025

Abstract

Abstract: This work looks into driving patterns, psychological well being, and drinking behavior among seventy-seven motor car drivers in the northern part of the Pastaza Province in the year 2025. Specific tools were used to characterize driving styles as adaptive or maladaptive to measure psychological pain and to categorize levels of alcohol use. Results show that, of the adaptive driving styles, Cautious is the most common and among the maladaptive styles, Distracted is the most common. In the case of Mental Health, the most common social dysfunction, of the other dimensions, showed low and moderate pain while this dimension showed mild pain. More than half of the drivers alcohol use was categorized as Abstinence or Low Risk level and Risk-level use of alcohol was less common. The findings are information knowledge to design mental First Aid and Self driving programs. They are the basis of information to design mental First Aid and Self driving programs aimed at attention, emotions, and self-care, as well as to design institutional programs aimed at self-care while driving.