Street racing video games and risk-taking driving: An Internet survey of automobile enthusiasts

Vingilis, Evelyn; Seeley, Jane; Wiesenthal, David L.; Wickens, Christine M.; Fischer, Peter; Mann, Robert E.

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.022

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“…Studies have supported the findings that risk-promoting racing games increased accessibility of risk-promoting attitudes and emotions, were associated with self-concepts as a risky driver and resulted in more risk-taking in both video-simulated critical road traffic situations (Fischer et al, 2008(Fischer et al, , 2009 and in real world risky driving behaviours (Hull et al, 2012;Vingilis et al, 2013). Risk-taking was greater for those who played video games than for the passive exposure of viewing video games or films (Fischer et al, 2009(Fischer et al, , 2011b.…”

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Experimental examination of the effects of televised motor vehicle commercials on risk-positive attitudes, emotions and risky driving inclinations

Vingilis

Roseborough

Wiesenthal

et al. 2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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confidence: 82%

Experimental examination of the effects of televised motor vehicle commercials on risk-positive attitudes, emotions and risky driving inclinations

Vingilis

Roseborough

Wiesenthal

et al. 2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…According to a recent demographic survey of 4028 high school students aged [14][15][16][17][18] in Connecticut, approximately 50 % of participants reported playing video games for at least 1 h per week, with the majority of this group being younger males. The girls who played video games were more likely to smoke, use caffeine, carry weapons, be in violent altercations, and to have a higher BMI [17].…”

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“…The violent and criminal content of some game narratives have prompted concern that players may emulate game scenarios in real life. Some studies have reported that adolescents are more likely to carry weapons to school after playing violent video games [14] and to engage in risky driving behavior after playing street-racing games [15]. Other studies have revealed increased self-identification and emotional self-involvement with personal avatars in long-term online gamers [16].…”

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The Effects of Video Games on Cognition and Brain Structure: Potential Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Shams

Foussias

Zawadzki

et al. 2015

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Video games are now a ubiquitous form of entertainment that has occasionally attracted negative attention. Video games have also been used to test cognitive function, as therapeutic interventions for neuropsychiatric disorders, and to explore mechanisms of experience-dependent structural brain changes. Here, we review current research on video games published from January 2011 to April 2014 with a focus on studies relating to mental health, cognition, and brain imaging. Overall, there is evidence that specific types of video games can alter brain structure or improve certain aspects of cognitive functioning. Video games can also be useful as neuropsychological assessment tools. While research in this area is still at a very early stage, there are interesting results that encourage further work in this field, and hold promise for utilizing this technology as a powerful therapeutic and experimental tool.

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“…This approach has been applied in a similar manner in the risk-taking research (Ouimet et al, 2008;Vingilis et al, 2013) and crash analysis literature (Chen et al, 2005;Dissanayake and Lu, 2002;Jung, Qin, & Noyce, 2010). When including only Block 1 and/or Block 2, the resulting statistical models encompass the entire dataset and respondents from all countries (although individual respondents were excluded if they opted not to answer a question significant to the statistical model).…”

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Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational

Marshall

Piatkowski

Johnson

2017

JTLU

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Abstract:Nearly everyone has jaywalked, rolled through a stop sign, or driven a few miles per hour over the speed limit, but most such offenses face no legal consequences. Society also tends to see these relatively minor infractions that almost all people make-though they are unmistakably illegal-as normal and even rational. Bicyclists who break the law, however, seem to attract a higher level of scorn and scrutiny. While the academic literature has exhaustively covered unlawful driving behaviors, there remains little research on bicyclists who break the rules of the road. This paper examines rule-breaking bicyclists and the factors associated with such behaviors. We also explore the question: are bicyclists making rational, albeit illegal, choices-similar to most drivers and pedestrians-or are bicyclists reckless and dangerous? Because it's proven effective for reaching hard-to-reach populations, we employed a snowball-sampling framework and an online, scenario-based survey completed by nearly 18,000 respondents. Via multi-level statistical analyses, our results suggest that younger people and males tend to exhibit higher levels of illegal bicycling behavior, but even when combining high-risk factors, the overwhelming majority of bicyclists are not reckless. Controlling for the context and social norms of the city where one lives tends to outweigh individual bicyclist characteristics such as race/ethnicity and income. Unlawful drivers and pedestrians tend to rationalize their behaviors as time saving; bicyclists similarly rationalize their illegal behaviors but were more inclined to cite increasing their own personal safety and/or saving energy. Most bicyclists can generally be described as rational individuals trying to function safely and efficiently given the context and norms of where they live and the transportation system put in front of them.

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Street racing video games and risk-taking driving: An Internet survey of automobile enthusiasts

Cited by 43 publications

References 23 publications

Experimental examination of the effects of televised motor vehicle commercials on risk-positive attitudes, emotions and risky driving inclinations

Experimental examination of the effects of televised motor vehicle commercials on risk-positive attitudes, emotions and risky driving inclinations

The Effects of Video Games on Cognition and Brain Structure: Potential Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Scofflaw bicycling: Illegal but rational

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