QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS WHILE DRIVING BY MEANS OF A SIMULTANEOUS SECONDARY TASK

Driving stress was investigated by measuring performance decline in a number reversal task while driving in rural and city traffic. 15 test drivers of military vehicles, 15 civilian drivers, and a control group who did not perform the number rehearsal task while driving served as Ss in the experiment. Results show a significant reduction of channel capacity under driving stress. The experiment demonstrated that the method used is suitable to measure psychological stress under driving conditions with sufficient differentiation. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag Fuer Psychologie

  Rohnsweg 25, Postfach 414
  Goettingen,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Wiegand, D
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 679-690
• Serial:
  • Zeitschrift fuer Experimentalle & Angewandte Psych
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Verlag Fuer Psychologie

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Personnel performance; Psychological stress; Test drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132181
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM