Riding the emotional roller-coaster: Using the circumplex model of affect to model motorcycle riders’ emotional state-changes at intersections

Olugbenga Samuel; Guy Walker; Paul M Salmon; Ashleigh Filtness; Nicholas J Stevens; Christine Mulvihill; Sarah Payne; Neville A Stanton

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2019.08.018

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Riding the emotional roller-coaster: Using the circumplex model of affect to model motorcycle riders’ emotional state-changes at intersections

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Riding the emotional roller-coaster: Using the circumplex model of affect to model motorcycle riders’ emotional state-changes at intersections

Olugbenga Samuel, Guy Walker, Paul M Salmon, Ashleigh Filtness, Nicholas J Stevens, Christine Mulvihill, Sarah Payne and Neville A Stanton

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.66, pp.139-150

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2019.08.018

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motorcycles riding

circumplex model of affect

intersection

emotion

verbal protocol

This study uses Russell's Circumplex Model of Affect to examine whether motorcycle rider emotion is contingent on the environment and behavior. If it is contingent then it becomes predictable. If it is predictable it becomes potentially usable for innovating new ways to improve the safety and utility of this important transport mode. Eighteen motorcyclists took part in a 15 km on-road study during which they were videoed, tracked via GPS, and followed by a 'chase vehicle' as they negotiated intersections, all the while providing a concurrent verbal commentary. The verbal commentary was content analysed using a novel method for mapping the verbalized emotional themes to the Circumplex Model. Network analysis was then used to explore the state changes between affective zones in the model. Riders' emotions at intersections were found to vacillate between negative and positive affect, demonstrating high degrees of emotional dynamism. Many of these transitions occur in and out of the dominant positive state of calmness, with non-calm states appearing to be aversive and those which riders were seeking to avoid. Knowing this brings forward interesting new approaches for safe intersection design.

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Title: Riding the emotional roller-coaster: Using the circumplex model of affect to model motorcycle riders’ emotional state-changes at intersections
Authors: Olugbenga Samuel (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Guy Walker (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Ashleigh Filtness (Author) - Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Nicholas J Stevens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Christine Mulvihill (Author) - Monash University
Sarah Payne (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Neville A Stanton (Author) - Monash University
Publication details: Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.66, pp.139-150
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2019.08.018
ISSN: 1369-8478
Organisation Unit: Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450879402621
Output Type: Journal article

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