Sleepy driving and pulling over for a rest : investigating individual factors that contribute to these driving behaviours
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01/01/2014
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Driver sleepiness is a substantial crash risk factor and as such, is a major contributor to crash statistics. A number of individual factors (i.e., psychological factors) have been suggested to influence driving while sleepy. However, few studies have examined the influence of these individual factors for sleepy driving in combination. The current study sought to examine how various demographic factors, attitudes, perceived legitimacy, personality constructs, and risk taking variables were associated with self-reported likelihood of driving sleepy and pulling over and resting when sleepy. The results show that being a younger driver, having positive attitudes towards driving sleepy, and high levels of emotional stability were related to self-reported likelihood of driving sleepy. Whereas, being an older driver and having negative attitudes towards driving sleepy were associated with self-reported likelihood of pulling over and resting when sleepy. Overall, the obtained results suggest that the age and attitudes of the driver have greater influence than personality traits or risk taking factors. Campaigns focused on changing attitudes to reflect the dangerousness of sleepy driving could be important for road safety outcomes. |
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Elsevier |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/62222/2/62222.pdf DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.031 Watling, Christopher N. (2014) Sleepy driving and pulling over for a rest : investigating individual factors that contribute to these driving behaviours. Personality and Individual Differences, 56, pp. 105-110. |
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Copyright 2013 Elsevier Ltd. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Personality and Individual Differences, [Volume 56, (January 2014)] DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.031 |
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Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling |
Palavras-Chave | #170109 Personality Abilities and Assessment #170202 Decision Making #179900 OTHER PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES #driver sleepiness #individual factors #Australian drivers #attitudes #perceived legitimacy #personality #risk taking |
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Journal Article |