Traffic Psychology:
An International Perspective
Dwight A. Hennessy (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-61668-846-2. $175.50.
Traffic Psychology involves the scientific study of thoughts, feelings, and actions surrounding road user behavior, which includes the dynamic transaction between drivers, vehicles, physical surroundings, and social environment. Despite the fact that it is a relatively young subdiscipline of psychology, traffic psychology has begun to make a significant impact in academic, political, policy, and public arenas. Driving is no longer seen as simply a means of transporting from point A to point B. Rather it is a dynamic, and constantly changing, life event that can impact immediate and long term physical, social, emotional and psychological well being. For these reasons, a growing number of experts are dedicating a significant proportion of their professional lives understanding how to make driving, and the traffic environment, safer and healthier.
This volume highlights research from a broad spectrum of traffic psychology professionals from around the globe – focusing on topics with international impact. It includes 20 chapters from authors in 13 countries and represents contributions from established traffic psychologists in addition to “new-comers”, academics as well as practitioners, mentors collaborating with students, and a variety of research methodology incorporating theoretical, applied and practical approaches. The chapters are also drawn from a range of psychological specializations, including clinical, developmental, cognitive, social, behavioral, environmental, measurement, human factors, and engineering as a means of demonstrating the far reaching impact and interest base of traffic psychology. But ultimately, this volume is intended to stimulate questions, discussion, and dialogue in the hope that Traffic Psychology can continue to benefit traffic health and safety as the discipline grows into the 21st century.
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Contents:
Part 1: Clinical
1. Out-of-Home Activity Patterns and the Consequences of Driving Retirement in Older Adults with Dementia (David B. Carr, Marla Berg-Weger, Jami Dalchow, Nancy Morrow-Howell, & Tom Meuser)
2. Mental Illness, Drug Treatments and Fitness to Drive (Carlos De las Cuevas)
3. Characteristics of Impaired Drivers Who Enter Substance Abuse Treatment (Jane Carlisle Maxwell, James Freeman, & Jeremy Davey)
Part 2: Developmental
4. Keeping Your Child Safe on the Road: The Parental Factor in Adolescent Reckless Driving (Orit Taubman - Ben-Ari)
5. Young Novice Drivers and the Development of Somatic Markers for Risk on the Road (Neale Kinnear & Stephen G. Stradling)
6. Older Drivers’ Risky and Compensatory Driving: Development of a Safe Driving Workbook for Older Drivers (Tsuneo Matsuura)
Part 3: Cognitive
7. Gender Effects in Mobile Phone Distraction from Driving (Julia D. Irwin, Eugene Chekaluk, & Louise Geaghan)
8. Self-Regulation and Driving Behavior (Ebru Burcu Doğan, Talib Rothengatter, Linda Steg, & Patricia Delhomme)
9. The Influence of Emotions on Driving Behavior (Christelle Pêcher, Céline Lemercier, & Jean-Marie Cellier)
Part 4: Social
10. A Community-Based Program to Reduce Tailgating Behavior (Bryan E. Porter, Kristie L. Johnson, & Thomas D. Berry)
11. Name Discrimination of Potential Job Applicants: The Spillover of Commuter Stress and Modern Racist Attitudes (Dwight A. Hennessy)
12. Understanding Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol in Turkey: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Sonia Amado, Mehmet Koyuncu, & Gülin Kaça)
13. Leisure Powered Two Wheeler Use: Safety Implications of Riding as a Group Activity (Paul S. Broughton & Linda Walker)
Part 5: Environmental
14. Driver Space Preference: Differences Across Age, Gender and Traffic Conditions (Dwight A. Hennessy, Sara Howard, & Erin Carr)
15. Can Neighborhood Green Alleviate Traffic Stress? (Yan Song, Gilbert C. Gee, Yingling Fan, & David T. Takeuchi)
16. Does Driving Safety Culture Explain Discrepant Seat Belt Use Between St. Martin and St. Maarten? (Dwight A. Hennessy)
Part 6: Measurement
17. Questioning the Questionnaire: Assessing the External Validity of Paper-and-Pencil Measures of Driver Aggression (Andrew R. McGarva)
18. Assessing Subjective Driving Skills: An Example of Development and Validation of a Self-Assessment Instrument (Anna Sundström)
Part 7: Human Factors/Engineering
19. Warnings and Instrument Design Layout (Phillip Tretten & Anita Gärling)
20. Self Induced Speed Oscillation and Speed Production (Matthias Wille)
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