What does the Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS) measure?

Joanne E. Taylor; Mark J.M. Sullman

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.006

doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.006

What does the Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS) measure?

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders10.30

Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 504 - 510

Published: May 1, 2009

Abstract

Driving anxiety can have a significant impact on everyday functioning and usually results in some kind of avoidance behaviour. The Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS; Stewart, A. E., & St. Peter, C. C. (2004). Driving and riding avoidance following motor vehicle crashes in a non-clinical sample: psychometric properties of a new measure. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 859-879) shows promise in the self-report assessment of the degree...