Metacognition and self-regulation on the road: A qualitative approach to driver attention and distraction

Steven Love; Verity Truelove; Bevan Rowland; Lee Kannis-Dymand

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Metacognition and self-regulation on the road: A qualitative approach to driver attention and distraction

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Metacognition and self-regulation on the road: A qualitative approach to driver attention and distraction

Steven Love, Verity Truelove, Bevan Rowland and Lee Kannis-Dymand

Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol.36(6), pp.1312-1324

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4015

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Cognition

attentional lapses

distraction

metacognition

mindfulness

self-regulated driving

This study aimed to explore the self-regulatory experiences and perceptions of drivers' attentional processes on the road, via a metacognitive framework. A total of 46 Australian drivers participated in a phone interview and thematic analysis was applied to the data. The results revealed that effective self-reported attention regulation was perceptually contingent on: driving experience, metacognitive skills used to regulate attention, and strategies to sustain attention. The perceptual difficulty of driving environments was shown to impact on self-reported arousal, and thus the perceived ability to control and sustain attention. Similarly, cognitive confidence, and metacognitive beliefs about worry and mindless driving were shown to not only influence the tendency to engage in worry and mindless driving, but also the subjective ability to self-regulate attention whilst doing so. This study has provided evidence for the potential of metacognitive concepts to help better understand the process of attentional lapses and difficulties on the road. K E Y W O R D S attentional lapses, distraction, metacognition, mindfulness, self-regulated driving

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Title: Metacognition and self-regulation on the road: A qualitative approach to driver attention and distraction
Authors: Steven Love (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
Verity Truelove (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
Bevan Rowland (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research Collaboration
Lee Kannis-Dymand (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Publication details: Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol.36(6), pp.1312-1324
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1002/acp.4015
ISSN: 1099-0720; 0888-4080
Organisation Unit: Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99685498802621
Output Type: Journal article

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