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Journal article
Sensitivity to reward and risky driving, risky decision making, and risky health behaviour: A literature review
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.49, pp.93-109
2017
Abstract
Young driver road safety has persisted as a global problem for decades, despite copious and diverse intervention. Recently the influence in reward sensitivity, which refers to the individual's personal sensitivity to rewards, has received attention in health-related research, including more generally through decision making in risky circumstances, and in risky driving behaviour specifically. As such, a literature review and synthesis of the literature regarding reward sensitivity in relation to risky driving, risky decision making, and risky health behaviour, with a focus on literature in which adolescents and young adults feature, is timely. Thirty-one papers were identified, and the literature revealed that young drivers with greater reward sensitivity engage in more risky driving behaviours including speeding, crashes and traffic violations; and that individuals with greater reward sensitivity engage in more risky decision making and other risky health-related behaviours (such as drinking and drug use). Adolescents and young adults exhibit heightened sensitivity to rewards in the presence of peers, which has considerable implications for young driver road safety as research consistently demonstrates that carrying peer passengers places all vehicle occupants at greater risk of being involved in a road crash. Consideration of the influence of reward sensitivity in young driver road safety, and other adolescent/young adult health-related safety, appears to be a promising avenue of intervention, with gain-framed messages more likely to be accepted by young drivers with greater reward sensitivity. Future research in jurisdictions other than Australia and Europe will increase our understanding of the influence of reward sensitivity, and exploration of the differential impacts of reward-responsiveness and fun-seeking specifically are warranted.
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- Title
- Sensitivity to reward and risky driving, risky decision making, and risky health behaviour: A literature review
- Authors
- Bridie Scott-Parker (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawL Weston (Author) - University of Plymouth
- Publication details
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.49, pp.93-109
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.trf.2017.05.008
- ISSN
- 1369-8478; 1369-8478
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450438302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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