Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour

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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorMatvienko-Sikar, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T11:12:15Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T11:12:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-10
dc.date.updated2019-06-26T11:05:01Z
dc.description.abstractTrait mindfulness is considered a protective factor for a number of risky health behaviours, yet the relationship between mindfulness and driving behaviours remains underexplored. In the current study, 657 participants completed the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale, Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Manchester Driving Behaviour Questionnaire, Driving Behaviour Survey and Driving Cognitions Questionnaire, as well as questions concerning driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, phone use when driving and collision history. The findings suggest that trait mindfulness is associated with decreased engagement in problematic driving behaviours including errors, lapses, willful violations of road rules, aggressive driving and phone use. Mindfulness was also associated with reduced anxious driving behaviours and reduced negative thoughts while driving. Observed effects were relatively small, though for most variables measured, safe driving was more strongly correlated with trait mindfulness than it was with age or driving experience. Overall, this study highlights important mechanisms for future examinations of mindful driving interventions.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMurphy, G. and Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2019) 'Trait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviour', Personality and Individual Differences, 147, pp. 250-255. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.05.002en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2019.05.002en
dc.identifier.endpage255en
dc.identifier.issn0191-8869
dc.identifier.journaltitlePersonality and Individual Differencesen
dc.identifier.startpage250en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8103
dc.identifier.volume147en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886919302818
dc.rights© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 licenseen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectTrait mindfulnessen
dc.subjectDrivingen
dc.subjectTrait anxietyen
dc.titleTrait mindfulness & self-reported driving behaviouren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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