Sleepy driving and pulling over for a rest: Investigating individual factors that contribute to these driving behaviours
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Article Title | Sleepy driving and pulling over for a rest: Investigating individual factors that contribute to these driving behaviours |
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ERA Journal ID | 6553 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Watling, Chris |
Journal Title | Personality and Individual Differences |
Journal Citation | 56, pp. 105-110 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0191-8869 |
1873-3549 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.031 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886913012348 |
Abstract | 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. |
Keywords | driver sleepiness; individual factors, Australian drivers; attitudes; perceived legitimacy; personality; risk taking |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520402. Decision making |
420604. Injury prevention | |
520503. Personality and individual differences | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q700x/sleepy-driving-and-pulling-over-for-a-rest-investigating-individual-factors-that-contribute-to-these-driving-behaviours
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