Mindfulness predicts less texting while driving among young adults: Examining attention- and emotion-regulation motives as potential mediators |
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Authors: | Feldman Greg Greeson Jeff Renna Megan Robbins-Monteith Kendra |
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Institution: | a Simmons College, Department of Psychology, Park Science Center, 300 the Fenway, Boston, MA 02114, USA b Duke University Medical Center, Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | Many young adult drivers read and send text messages while driving despite clear safety risks. Understanding predictors of texting-while-driving may help to indentify relevant targets for interventions to reduce this dangerous behavior. The present study examined whether individual differences in mindfulness are associated with texting-while-driving in a sample of young-adult drivers. Using path analysis, we tested whether this relationship would be mediated by the degree to which individuals use text-messaging as a means of reducing unpleasant emotions (emotion-regulation motives) and the degree to which individuals limit texting in order to focus on present-moment experiences (attention-regulation motives). Individuals lower in mindfulness reported more frequent texting-while-driving and this relationship appeared to be mediated primarily by emotion-regulation motives. Results may help inform the development of mindfulness-based interventions to prevent texting-while-driving. |
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Keywords: | Mindfulness Emotion regulation Attention Text-messaging Driving |
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