The impact of self-control and texting-related accidents on the relationship between mindfulness and mobile texting while driving behavior |
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| Institution: | 1. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States;2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Psychology, Norway;1. Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland;2. Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University - Northern Cyprus Campus, Güzelyurt/Morphou, Northern Cyprus, Turkey;1. Schools and Programs of Public Health, on assignment at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Public Health Fellow, Washington, DC, USA;2. U.S Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC, USA;1. Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research Centre, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales, Australia;2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Australia;3. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology – QUT, Australia;1. Road Safety Research Collaboration, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Dr, Sippy Downs, Queensland 4556, Australia;2. Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), 130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove 4059, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Distracted driving behavior often occurs when drivers mindlessly send or receive text messages with their mobile devices. It is imperative to understand the relationship between mindfulness and texting while driving behavior because distracted driving behavior has led to a reported increase in texting related accidents and mortalities. Based on this report, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between mindfulness, self-control, frequency of texting-related accidents, near-miss accidents, and texting while driving behavior. Using a total of 609 adults with an average age of 34.11 (SD = 12.21), results showed that observe, aware, and describe were related to texting while driving. Additionally, we found evidence that self-control partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and texting while driving. Results also showed that near-miss texting while driving accidents moderated the relationship between mindfulness and texting behavior while driving. The observed inverse relationship between mindfulness and texting while driving can increase researchers’ understanding of self-control’s role in vehicular accidents triggered by texting. Implications and limitations are offered, along with suggestions for future research. |
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| Keywords: | Texting while driving Mindfulness Self-control Texting accidents Mobile devices Distracted driving |
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