Psychometric properties of the Driving Cognitions Questionnaire, Driving Situations Questionnaire, and Driving Behavior Survey

Taylor, Joanne E.; Stephens, Amanda N.; Sullman, Mark J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2020.11.010

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“…The most common driving behaviours that have been linked to driving anxiety are related to exaggerated caution, anxiety-related performance deficits, i.e., a higher number of lapses, errors or violations [ 28 , 30 , [24] , [27] , [32] ] or even aggressive/hostile behaviours [ 25 , 39 ] resulting sometimes in dangerous driving [ 8 ] and sometimes in safer driving [ 31 ], probably influenced by driver personality. Arguably, the most relevant impact on driver behaviour is the avoidance either total or partial avoidance of specific driving contexts or situations [ 6 , 7 , [26] , [35] , [36] , [40] ]. Avoidance seems higher for women [ 34 ].…”

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Driving anxiety and anxiolytics while driving: Their impacts on behaviour and cognition behind the wheel

Hidalgo‐Muñoz

Jallais

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Driving anxiety and anxiolytics while driving: Their impacts on behaviour and cognition behind the wheel

Hidalgo‐Muñoz

Jallais

Evennou

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Heliyon

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“…Further questionnaires assess specific driving situations or maladaptive coping strategies (e.g., Driving Behavior Survey, Driving Situations Questionnaire; Clapp et al, 2011; Ehlers et al, 1994). There is a need for a validated screening tool for driving fear for both applied research and clinical practice (Taylor et al, 2021). A brief measure will help move the research field forward and identify individuals early enough to provide treatment, reduce symptoms, and generally improve health outcome at low cost (Iragorri & Spackman, 2018).…”

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Measuring Driving Fear

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Schröder

Taylor

et al. 2023

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Abstract. Presently, there is no instrument to support the diagnosis of driving fear and its severity. To enable a reliable and valid diagnosis, the 5-item German-language Instrument for Fear of Driving (IFD) was developed. The items, by DSM-5 criteria for a specific phobia, measure the emotional, cognitive, and physiological components of driving fear as well as the degree of avoidance and impairment. The present paper comprises two studies that describe the development of the IFD and its psychometric properties. In Study 1, the IFD was administered to 810 non-clinical participants in an online survey and demonstrated good reliability and construct validity. In Study 2, fifty-four people with a clinical diagnosis, including clinically relevant driving fear, completed the IFD and a clinical interview. The IFD demonstrated good sensitivity and specificity, and a cut-off score resulted in 95% sensitivity and 97% specificity. While the findings are preliminary and further studies with larger samples are needed, the IFD is a promising screening instrument for driving fear and its severity.

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“…Restricting the driving hours could mediate the causal path from fatigue to performance shortfalls to crashes [29]. On the other hand, several studies have provided evidence that anxiety and fear due to experiencing near-misses or crashes can result in various problematic driving behaviors, such as slowing for green lights, driving far below the speed limit [30], increased speed compliance [31], avoiding nonessential journeys, and even avoidance typical of phobia [32]. An alternative perspective that linked negative emotions and unsafe/risky driving behavior by considering and comparing the changing driving context, such as adverse weather conditions (e.g., rain, fog, and snow), driving time (e.g., daylight and nighttime, morning/evening peak hour or leisure time, and workdays or weekends), and driving purpose (e.g., work, shopping, and school), has received very little attention in the empirical literature [5].…”

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Correcting the Cognitive Bias for Commuting Time to Relieve the Driving Stress Level in Snow Weather Condition: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Harbin, China

Yang,

Shi,

et al. 2024

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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As a negative emotion, professional drivers’ stress levels significantly affected driving behavior and thus were related to driving safety issues. Nevertheless, current evidence fell considerably short of explaining whether and why private drivers’ stress levels might be influenced while commuting driving in a specific scenario and how to relieve their stress levels. This study aimed to identify and analyze the contributing factors of the drivers’ stress levels while commuting driving in various scenarios (clear or snow weather conditions). On weekdays between 1st October 2020 and 31st January 2022, the questionnaire data from a sample of 985 private drivers were collected from six different locations of business districts in Harbin, China. Based on the naturalistic driving study (NDS) database, a 7-item questionnaire was designed for participants to self-report their driving stress levels in various scenarios, which was generated from the shortened and adapted version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The results showed that participants’ stress levels had significantly increased in snow weather conditions, especially nervous and stressed feeling, and unable to control the arrival time, which indicated that participants’ highly increased cognitive bias for commuting time could be the critical reason. The results of hierarchical linear regression models indicated that overall stress scores could be predicted through participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, driving experience, commuting driving, and cognitive bias for commuting time. Such an association was significantly strongest with commuting time gaps, especially in snow weather conditions. In addition, a recommendation was derived from these results that correcting the cognitive bias for commuting time could relieve participants’ stress levels. The implication of the reminder message supported this recommendation. The participants’ stress levels were reduced significantly after providing a reminder message every 10 mins while commuting driving in clear weather conditions and every 5 mins in snow weather conditions.

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Psychometric properties of the Driving Cognitions Questionnaire, Driving Situations Questionnaire, and Driving Behavior Survey

Cited by 20 publications

References 41 publications

Driving anxiety and anxiolytics while driving: Their impacts on behaviour and cognition behind the wheel

Driving anxiety and anxiolytics while driving: Their impacts on behaviour and cognition behind the wheel

Measuring Driving Fear

Correcting the Cognitive Bias for Commuting Time to Relieve the Driving Stress Level in Snow Weather Condition: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Harbin, China

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