Affective States and Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
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Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014. ed. / T. Ahram; W. Karwowski; T. Marek. The Printing House, 2014. p. 8317-8325.
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T1 - Affective States and Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
AU - Oehl, Michael
AU - Höger, Rainer
N1 - Conference code: 5
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Although general car safety has increased considerably and at the same time accident numbers have decreasedremarkably on average in the European Union during the last years, the percentage of novice and young car driversinvolved in heavy car accidents is still remaining dramatically high, e.g., in Germany more than twice as highcompared to older and more experienced drivers based on their proportion of the driving population. Trafficpsychological research shows that maladjusted driving behavior caused by affective states is a main contributor totraffic accidents. Therefore, our current experimental study analyzes this influence of affective states on drivingperformance 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 drivingsimulator. Results indicated that drivers drove significantly faster in a positive affective state compared with driversin a negative affective state. This effect was pronounced by trend for novice drivers.
AB - Although general car safety has increased considerably and at the same time accident numbers have decreasedremarkably on average in the European Union during the last years, the percentage of novice and young car driversinvolved in heavy car accidents is still remaining dramatically high, e.g., in Germany more than twice as highcompared to older and more experienced drivers based on their proportion of the driving population. Trafficpsychological research shows that maladjusted driving behavior caused by affective states is a main contributor totraffic accidents. Therefore, our current experimental study analyzes this influence of affective states on drivingperformance 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 drivingsimulator. Results indicated that drivers drove significantly faster in a positive affective state compared with driversin a negative affective state. This effect was pronounced by trend for novice drivers.
KW - Psychology
KW - Verkehrspsychologie
KW - Traffic Psychology
KW - Novice Drivers
KW - Accident Prevention
KW - Business psychology
U2 - 10.13140/2.1.3577.6649
DO - 10.13140/2.1.3577.6649
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-1-4951-1572-1
SP - 8317
EP - 8325
BT - Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014
A2 - Ahram, T.
A2 - Karwowski, W.
A2 - Marek, T.
PB - The Printing House
T2 - 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics – AHFE 2014
Y2 - 19 July 2014 through 23 July 2014
ER -