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Evidence that implementation intentions reduce drivers’ use of mobile phones while driving
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour ( IF 4.349 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2021.03.002
Mark A. Elliott , Abigail Paterson , Scott Orr , Colin Marshall , Claire Wood , Martin Toye , Claire Wilson

Implementation intentions are IF-THEN plans that have the potential to reduce mobile phone use while driving and thus contribute towards the prevention of road traffic crashes. We tested whether an intervention, designed to promote the formation of implementation intentions, could reduce drivers’ use of mobile phones. A randomized controlled design was used. The participants (N = 136) were randomised to an implementation intention or a control condition. Self-report questionnaires were administered to all participants at both pre- and one-month post-intervention to measure the use of mobile phones while driving, goal intentions and the theoretically derived motivational pre-cursors of goal intentions (attitudes, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control). Immediately following the pre-intervention questionnaire, the participants in the implementation intention condition (n = 67) were given a volitional help sheet, which asked them to form implementation intentions by specifying target driving situations that tempted them the most to use a mobile phone and linking them with goal-directed responses that could be used to resist the temptation. The participants in the control condition (n = 69) were asked to specify target situations that tempted them the most to use a mobile phone while driving and to generally try to avoid using a mobile phone in those situations. One-month post-intervention, the participants in the implementation intention condition reported using a mobile phone less often while driving in their specified target driving situations than did the participants in the control condition. As expected, no differences were found between the conditions in the reported frequency of mobile phone use in unspecified driving situations, goal intentions or any motivational pre-cursor of goal intentions. The implementation intention intervention that was tested in this study is a potentially effective tool for reducing mobile phone use while driving in target driving situations, where behaviour-change is most needed.



中文翻译:

实施意图会减少驾驶员在驾驶时使用手机的证据

实施意图是IF-THEN计划,该计划有可能减少驾驶时使用手机的情况,从而有助于防止道路交通事故。我们测试了旨在促进实施意图形成的干预措施是否可以减少驾驶员对手机的使用。使用随机对照设计。参加者(N = 136)被随机分配到实施意图或控制条件。在干预前和干预后一个月,向所有参与者进行自我报告调查问卷,以测量驾驶时的移动电话使用情况,目标意图以及从理论上得出的目标意图的动机前兆(态度,主观规范和感知的动机)行为控制)。干预前问卷调查结束后,立即实施实施意向的参与者(n = 67)获得了一份自愿帮助表,该表要求他们通过指定目标驾驶情况来形成实施意图,这些目标会诱使他们最大程度地使用手机,并将它们与目标导向的响应联系起来,从而可以抵制诱惑。在控制条件下的参与者(Ñ = 69)被要求指定最诱使他们在驾驶时使用手机的目标情况,并通常尝试避免在这些情况下使用手机。干预后一个月,实施意向条件的参与者在指定的目标驾驶情况下驾驶时,使用手机报告的频率比控制条件下的参与者要少。不出所料,在未指定的驾驶情况,目标意图或目标意图的任何动机前兆中,所报告的手机使用频率条件之间没有发现差异。在本研究中测试的实施意图干预是一种潜在有效的工具,可在目标驾驶情况下(最需要改变行为的情况下)减少驾驶时的手机使用量。

更新日期:2021-03-26
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