MOOD AND DRIVING: IS THERE AN EFFECT OF AFFECT?

It is widely believed that mood influences driving performance, but there is relatively little empirical data which supports this presumption. This paper reports a study in which the moods of over 100 drivers were measured before they undertook a driving test. Towards the end of the driving test they completed another mood evaluation. The results focus on the impact that taking a driving test has on mood, on the extent to which mood is changed by events which occur during the test, and in particular on the relationship between state and trait aspects of affect and assessed driving performance. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 896859.

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• Authors:
  • GROEGER, J A
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 335-42
• Serial:
  • TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PSYCHOLOGY. THEORY AND APPLICATION
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Drivers; Driving; Driving tests; Evaluation and assessment; Measurement; Motor skills; Perception; Risk taking
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9001: Behaviour; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 1573: Driving test; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6136: Measurement; 2229: Perception; 2259: Risk taking; 2205: Skill (road user)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752486
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-08-042786-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM