Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The following study will explore the link between mindfulness, driver inattention and a number of driving performance variables that were tested using the SIMUVEG driving simulator. 67 subjects between the ages of 19 and 27 completed the mindful attention awareness scale, attention‐related driving errors scale and attention‐related cognitive errors scale questionnaires, and were evaluated in two driving performance measures: time to line‐crossing and mean speed. The results did not show a correlation between driving performance and mindfulness measures; they did show low but significant correlations with driver inattention measures. A regression analysis suggested that the specific measure of driver inattention is a predictor of driving performance, but the more general measures are not. These results are relevant to the assessment of psychological variables associated with driving performance.
Authors: Pedro Valero‐Mora, Ignacio Pareja, Diana Pons, Mar Sánchez, Silvana Andrea Montes, Rubén Daniel Ledesma
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W809303692