The field of psychological assessment of drivers is characterized by difficulties and limitations in both its fundamentals and professional practice, calling for studies which systematize its developments. In this sense, the object of this study is to review the Brazilian empirical studies on the instruments for psychological assessment of the abilities and intelligences adopted in the evaluation processes of drivers. Publications dealing with this topic in the country, as well as their main themes and methods were identified, and the results obtained were listed. Only 15 publications were found. It is concluded that, in fifty years, the research on the abilities and intelligences of drivers have brought limited contributions to the issue of validity of the process, not having been found a solid field of knowledge in relation to the constructs and assessment criteria of their behavior.
psychological assessment; abilities; intelligence; drivers; traffic psychology
