Self-Regulation of Driving and Older Drivers' Functional Abilities

This study was designed to identify risk factors for inadequate self-regulation of driving behavior by older drivers. To this end, a sample of 90 adults aged between 60 and 91 completed a questionnaire about their driving behavior, a battery of functional tests, and a structured on-road test. Compar...

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Published in:Clinical gerontologist 2006-10, Vol.30 (1), p.53-70
Main Authors: Baldock, Matthew R. J., Mathias, Jane L., McLean, Jack, Berndt, Angela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attention
cognition
Contrast sensitivity
Drivers
Driving
driving behavior
driving performance
Elderly people
functional ability
Information processing
Older driver
self-regulation
Selfregulation
speed of information processing
vision
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Summary:This study was designed to identify risk factors for inadequate self-regulation of driving behavior by older drivers. To this end, a sample of 90 adults aged between 60 and 91 completed a questionnaire about their driving behavior, a battery of functional tests, and a structured on-road test. Comparisons were made between the functional tests most strongly related to on-road driving performance and the functional tests most strongly related to self-regulation. Self-reported avoidance of difficult driving situations was used as an index of self-regulation of driving behavior. It was concluded that self-regulation of driving behavior is inadequate among older drivers with poor contrast sensitivity, poor speed of information processing and poor visuospatial ability.
ISSN:0731-7115
1545-2301
DOI:10.1300/J018v30n01_05