Affective States and Risky Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
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49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie: Supplement to Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling. ed. / Onur Güntürkün. Pabst Science Publishers, 2014. p. 569.
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T1 - Affective States and Risky Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
AU - Oehl, Michael
AU - Siebert, Felix
AU - Höger, Rainer
N1 - Conference code: 49
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Business psychology
M3 - Published abstract in conference proceedings
SN - 978-3-89967-993-9
SP - 569
BT - 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
A2 - Güntürkün, Onur
PB - Pabst Science Publishers
T2 - Conference - 49. Congress of the German Psychological Society
Y2 - 21 September 2014 through 25 September 2014
ER -