INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF DRIVING STRESS ON HEALTH. FINAL REPORT

This project concerned the relationship between age, cognitive deficits, and driving performance under varying workload conditions. Older and younger subjects were administered a battery of tests designed to assess information processing skills, and personality traits that were thought to underpin driving competence. Subjects then drove through a programmed course on a driving simulator. At different intervals during the drive subjects were required to perform subsidiary tasks of varying levels of difficulty. Dependent variables included measures of driving performance, heart rate measures, and subjective stress measures. Data indicated that workload manipulations affected driving performance, physiological responses and subjective stress indices of both older and younger drivers. The relationship was in many instances mediated by age, cognitive skills, and personality factors.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Arizona State University, Tempe

    Center for Advanced Research in Transportation
    Tempe, AZ  United States  85287

    Arizona Department of Transportation

    206 South 17th Avenue
    Phoenix, AZ  United States  85007

    Federal Highway Administration

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • Sadalla, E K
  • Publication Date: 1995-6

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 83 p.

Subject/Index Terms

Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00723826
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-AZ-95-421
  • Contract Numbers: SPR-PL-1(45)421
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Jul 12 1996 12:00AM