Cardiovascular and electrocortical markers of anger and motivation during a simulated driving task

Fairclough, Stephen H.; Spiridon, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.02.005

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“…Thus, they would want to get to the destination as quickly as possible. This bonus calculation is similar to that of Fairclough and Spiridon (2012). Once the participants understood the instructions, they began the second experimental drive by accelerating to a desired speed in a two-lane road.…”

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“…The third technique involves using dynamic traffic situations programmed in driving simulators to induce emotions. Anger was induced by traffic delays in the simulated environment (Fairclough & Spiridon, 2012), and results showed that traffic delays significantly increased blood pressure and heart rate. A similar approach of having slower cars in front was used by Stephens and Groeger (2014); results showed that driving behind a slow car led to higher levels of reported anger and this reported anger was associated with closer following distance, faster speeds, and less compliance with the posted speed limit in the half-mile period after the angerprovoking events had occurred.…”

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Stress induction techniques in a driving simulator and reactions from newly licensed drivers

Lee

Winston

2016

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Challenging or unexpected traffic situations, which can induce frustration and other negative emotional states, can lead to unsafe, risky and aggressive driving behaviors. Although prior research has used a variety of techniques to induce emotions in drivers, their immediate reactions were not collected with driving metrics. Since teens, the age group with the highest crash risk, have limited emotion regulation skills and lack driving experience, they demonstrate maladaptive reactions to higher demand driving environments. Therefore, young drivers are important in studying the impact of emotions on driving. Since on-road studies pose too high a safety risk, driving simulation provides a safe environment in which to objectively expose young drivers to challenging traffic situations and to examine their immediate reactions and behaviors. This study aimed to develop and validate a new simulator protocol to induce negative emotional states in young drivers in order to examine the relationship between emotional states and driver reactions. In this study, dynamic stressful traffic events were selected for programming based on a systematic ranking of stress levels and a literature review, and young driver reactions were examined in the presence and absence of added time pressure. Self-reported data were collected from 33 young driver participants who reported their emotional states at four time points during the protocol. These data were then matched with vehicle control behaviors based on measures derived from the simulator. Results demonstrated the validity of the simulator protocol's stress induction manipulations. The simulated traffic situations resulted in emotional fluctuations over time, with a positive correlation between the magnitude of negative emotions and the number of unsafe behaviors. These newly licensed drivers did not cope well with the presence of slowmoving or braking cars in front. In conclusion, the traffic events in this new protocol were validated as stress-inducing by self-reported emotions and by demonstrated unsafe reactions and driving behaviors. Such a validated protocol can be used to develop and evaluate evidence-based interventions to help young novice drivers manage their emotions and to cope with stressful traffic situations and time pressures.

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Stress induction techniques in a driving simulator and reactions from newly licensed drivers

Lee

Winston

2016

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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“…Previous studies have addressed this relationship in a variety of different indirect methods. In a study by Fairclough and Spiridon men were subjected to a driving simulation and exposed to a traffic jam at some point delaying them from reaching their target. The study showed that traffic delays significantly increase BP, heart rate, and total peripheral resistance, among other physiological alterations.…”

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Traffic congestion and blood pressure elevation: A comparative cross‐sectional study in Lebanon

Samra

Tomb

Hosni

et al. 2017

J of Clinical Hypertension

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This comparative cross‐sectional study examines the association between traffic congestion and elevation of systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure levels among a convenience sample of 310 drivers. Data collection took place during a gas station pause at a fixed time of day. Higher average systolic (142 vs 123 mm Hg) and diastolic (87 vs 78 mm Hg) blood pressures were detected among drivers exposed to traffic congestion compared with those who were not exposed (P<.001), while controlling for body mass index, age, sex, pack‐year smoking, driving hours per week, and occupational driving. Moreover, among persons exposed to traffic congestion, longer exposure time was associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Further studies are needed to better understand the mechanisms of the significant association between elevated blood pressure and traffic congestion.

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“…Several studies have revealed typical variations in metrics related to cardiac activity while experiencing emotions with high arousal such as anger. For instance, many authors have found a significant increase in HR due to anger elicitation (Fairclough & Spiridon, 2012;Fernández et al, 2012;Lobbestael, Arntz, & Wiers, 2008;Marci, Glick, Loh, & Dougherty, 2007).…”

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Towards a better understanding of emotion blends: The case of anger-related emotion blends elicited via film clips

Lafont¹,

Rogé²,

Ndiaye³

et al. 2019

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We sought to better understand the effect of film clips supposed to elicit different intensities of anger on feelings and cardiac activity among our participants. In experiment 1, we tested in 21 volunteers the ability of two film clips to elicit two intensities of anger: a slight one and strong one. In experiment 2, we used the same film clips in order to investigate, in 36 volunteers, how cardiovascular patterns may differ between the emotional states we elicited. Results suggest that the film clips produced a physiological reappraisal pattern, with a lower heart rate and higher heart rate variability values (RMSSD and SD1) during exposure to film clips that were selected to elicit anger. Results of both experiments also suggest that film clips selected to elicit anger, not only triggered anger, but also other negative emotions. Consequently, we propose a method of assessing emotions which takes emotion blends into account.

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Cardiovascular and electrocortical markers of anger and motivation during a simulated driving task

Cited by 23 publications

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Stress induction techniques in a driving simulator and reactions from newly licensed drivers

Stress induction techniques in a driving simulator and reactions from newly licensed drivers

Traffic congestion and blood pressure elevation: A comparative cross‐sectional study in Lebanon

Towards a better understanding of emotion blends: The case of anger-related emotion blends elicited via film clips

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