Affective States and Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
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Although general car safety has increased considerably and at the same time accident numbers have decreased
remarkably on average in the European Union during the last years, the percentage of novice and young car drivers
involved in heavy car accidents is still remaining dramatically high, e.g., in Germany more than twice as high
compared to older and more experienced drivers based on their proportion of the driving population. Traffic
psychological research shows that maladjusted driving behavior caused by affective states is a main contributor to
traffic accidents. Therefore, our current experimental study analyzes this influence of affective states on driving
performance with regard to novice and young drivers. In an experimental scenario affective states (positive vs.
negative valence) were induced in participants and subjects were then asked to drive predefined routes in a driving
simulator. Results indicated that drivers drove significantly faster in a positive affective state compared with drivers
in a negative affective state. This effect was pronounced by trend for novice drivers.
remarkably on average in the European Union during the last years, the percentage of novice and young car drivers
involved in heavy car accidents is still remaining dramatically high, e.g., in Germany more than twice as high
compared to older and more experienced drivers based on their proportion of the driving population. Traffic
psychological research shows that maladjusted driving behavior caused by affective states is a main contributor to
traffic accidents. Therefore, our current experimental study analyzes this influence of affective states on driving
performance with regard to novice and young drivers. In an experimental scenario affective states (positive vs.
negative valence) were induced in participants and subjects were then asked to drive predefined routes in a driving
simulator. Results indicated that drivers drove significantly faster in a positive affective state compared with drivers
in a negative affective state. This effect was pronounced by trend for novice drivers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014 |
| Editors | T. Ahram, W. Karwowski, T. Marek |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publisher | The Printing House |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Pages | 8317-8325 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-4951-1572-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics – AHFE 2014 - Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Krakau, Poland Duration: 19.07.2014 → 23.07.2014 Conference number: 5 http://www.ahfe2014.org/ |
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