Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Gaze-Based Training Intervention on Latent Hazard Anticipation Skills for Young Drivers: A Driving Simulator Study

A PC-based training program (Road Awareness and Perception Training or RAPT; Pradhan et al., 2009), proven effective for improving young novice drivers\u27 hazard anticipation skills, did not fully maximize the hazard anticipation performance of young drivers despite the use of similar anticipation scenarios in both, the training and the evaluation drives. The current driving simulator experiment examined the additive effects of expert eye movement videos following RAPT training on young drivers\u27 hazard anticipation performance compared to video-only and RAPT-only conditions. The study employed a between-subject design in which 36 young participants (aged 18-21) were equally and randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions, were outfitted with an eye tracker and drove four unique scenarios on a driving simulator to evaluate the effect of treatment on their anticipation skills. The results indicate that the young participants that viewed the videos of expert eye movements following the completion of RAPT showed significant improvements in their hazard anticipation ability (85%) on the subsequent experimental evaluation drives compared to those young drivers who were only exposed to either the RAPT training (61%) or the Video (43%). The results further imply that videos of expert eye movements shown immediately after RAPT training may improve the drivers\u27 anticipation skills by helping them map and integrate the spatial and tactical knowledge gained in a training program within dynamic driving environments involving latent hazards. © 2018 by the authors

Associations of the Light Triad with Driving Style and Driving Anger Expression

Previous research on personality in the driving context mostly focused on the negative and maladaptive personality traits. The present study investigated the links between the Light Triad traits with driving style and driving anger expression. The Light Triad framework emphasizes the positive side of the personality and it consists of humanism, faith in humanity, and Kantianism. A total of 376 active drivers (50.3 % women) aged between 18 and 70 completed the online questionnaire including the Light Triad Scale (Kaufman et al., 2019), Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ; Reason et al., 1990), and Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX, Deffenbacher et al., 2002). Ordinary violations, aggressive violations, and positive driver behaviors subscales of the DBQ were used to measure driving style, and the DAX was used to measure the aggressive and adaptive/constructive forms of driving anger expression. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations of the Light Triad traits with each driving style and driving anger expression dimension after controlling for age, gender, and total mileage. The findings generally supported the expected associations. That is, some traits of the Light Triad yielded negative associations with aberrant driver behaviors and aggressive forms of driving anger. On the other hand, the opposite pattern was found in the analyses with positive driver behaviors and adaptive/constructive expression of driving anger. The findings are discussed in the light of relevant literature

İşlevsel ve İşlevsiz Dürtüselliğin Sürücülük Becerileriyle Farklılık Gösteren İlişkilerinin İncelenmesi

Bu çalışmada, ilgili literatürde daha önce araştırılmamış olan dürtüsellik kişilik özelliği ve öz-beyana dayalı sürücülük becerileri arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın örneklemini anketleri kağıt-kalem testi olarak (n = 158) ve internet üzerinden (n = 348) dolduran toplam 506 bireysel sürücü oluşturmaktadır. Dürtüsellik kişilik özelliğinin genel psikoloji literatüründeki olumsuz davranış örüntüsü tanımını yansıtan işlevsiz dürtüsellik boyutunun sürücülük becerileriyle ilişkisiyle işlevsel dürtüsellik (Dickman, 1990) boyutunun sürücülük becerileriyle ilişkisi karşılaştırılmış ve hem korelasyon hem de regresyon analizlerinde farklılaşan örüntüler gözlenmiştir. Ayrıca, sürücüluk bağlamına özel dürtüsellik ve genel dürtüsellik ölçeklerinin sürücülük becerilerinde açıkladıkları varyans oranları karşılaştırılmış ve sürücülük bağlamına özel dürtüsellik ölçeğinin sürücülük becerilerinde daha yüksek oranda varyans açıkladığı görülmüştür. Bu nedenle, sürücülukle ilgili değişkenleri daha iyi anlamak ve açıklamak için yürütülecek çalışmalarda sürücülük bağlamına özel dürtüsellik kavramının ve ölçeğinin kullanılmasının ilgili literatüre katkı yapma potansiyeline sahip olduğu önerilebilir

Developing the Impulsive Driver Behavior Scale

The aim of the present study is to develop a driving context specific impulsivity scale. First, a qualitative study was conducted by interviewing 20 individual drivers to develop the scale items based on the definitions of the basic impulsivity dimensions in the literature. Then, a quantitative study with a total of 506 individual drivers to examine the psychometric qualities of the newly developed Impulsive Driver Behavior Scale. In addition, the variance in driver behaviors, namely violations, errors, lapses and positive driver behaviors measured by the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ; Reason, Manstead, Stradling, Baxter, & Campbell, 1990) explained by the general impulsivity scales in the literature and the newly developed scale were compared. In all the comparisons, Impulsive Driver Behavior Scale explained higher amount of variance than the general impulsivity scales. Finally, it was found that the newly developed driving context specific impulsivity scale had incremental validity over the general impulsivity scales in predicting driver behaviors

Impulsivity and driver behaviors, offences and accident involvement: A systematic review

The present literature review study investigated the relationship between impulsivity and driver behaviors, offences and road traffic accidents through the lenses of characterological perspective. The studies published from 1970 to 2014 that examined and reported a relationship between impulsivity and at least one driving related outcome (e.g., a self-report measure of driver behavior) were included. The relevant 38 out of 288 studies are presented in four sections based on the driving related outcomes as; (i) aberrant driver behaviors and driving anger/aggression, (ii) driving under the influence, (iii) traffic offences and accidents, (iv) other. The vast majority of the studies reported significant relationships between impulsivity and the driving outcomes. The general findings of the studies in the literature, suggestions including a new definition of impulsivity in driving context, and future directions are discussed in the scope of a proposed integrative conceptual framework

Significant work events and counterproductive work behavior: the role of fairness, emotions, and emotion regulation

In this diary study, we investigated multi-level predictors of daily counterproductive work behavior (CWB)relying on the theoretical frameworks of affective events theory and the emotion-centered model of CWB.We assessed significant work events, event-based fairness perceptions, negative emotional reactions to workevents, and employee CWB over a 10-day period. We tested within-person relations predicting CWB, andcross-level moderating effects of two emotion regulation strategies (suppression and reappraisal). Resultsfrom a multi-level path analysis revealed that significant work events had both direct and indirect effectson negative emotional reactions. Further, negative emotional reactions in turn mediated the relationshipsbetween significant work events and all forms of daily CWB as well as the relationship between event-basedfairness perceptions and daily CWB-O. Results also supported the moderating role of reappraisal emotionregulation strategy on relations between significant work events and negative emotional reactions. Less support,however, was found for the moderating influence of suppression on the link between negative emotionalreactions and CWB. Among the broad work event categories we identified, our supplemental analyses revealedthat negative work events involving interactions with supervisors elicited the highest levels of employee negativeemotional reactions. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings