New Risk Management Study Results Reported from Griffith University (The influence of age-related health difficulties and attitudes toward driving on…

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New Risk Management Study Results Reported from Griffith University (The influence of age-related health difficulties and attitudes toward driving on driving self-regulation in the baby boomer and older adult generations)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Risk Management have been published. According to news reporting originating in Southport, Australia, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Our study aimed to determine how age-and disease-related difficulties were associated with attitudes and beliefs about driving self-regulation in men and women in the baby boomer and older generations. Three hundred and ninety-nine men (n =204) and women (n=195) aged between 48 and 91 years participated in a cross-sectional study of Australian drivers."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Griffith University, "Demographic characteristics and measures of driving confidence, driving difficulty and driving self-regulation; perceptions of visual, physical and cognitive capacity; and attitudes and beliefs about driving were obtained. Driving self-regulation in men and women was explained by different mechanisms. For men, self-report of visual and cognitive difficulties and poor driving confidence predicted driving self-regulation. For women, negative attitudes toward driving mediated the associations found between health-related difficulties and driving self-regulation. Barriers to driving self-regulation were not associated with the driving self-regulatory practices of men or women. Regardless of generation, women reported poorer driving confidence, greater driving difficulty and more driving self-regulation than men. We concluded that age-and disease-related difficulties are related to increasing driving self-regulation in mature men and women."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "These results indicate that different pathways are needed in models of driving self-regulation for men and women regardless of generational cohort."

For more information on this research see: The influence of age-related health difficulties and attitudes toward driving on driving self-regulation in the baby boomer and older adult generations. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2017;102():12-22. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E.G. Conlon, Griffith University, Sch Appl Psychol, Southport, Qld 4222, Australia. Additional authors for this research include N. Rahaley and J. Davis.

Keywords for this news article include: Southport, Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Risk Management, Griffith University.