Shangguan Zhegong, Han Xiao, Mrhasli Younesse El, Lyu Nengchao, Tapus Adriana
Autonomous Systems and Robotics Lab, Unité d'Informatique et d'Ingénierie des Systèmes (U2IS), ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
School of Systems Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Feb 10;16:1487493. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1487493. eCollection 2025.
Drivers' emotions have been widely investigated in transportation due to their significant effects on driving behaviors and traffic accidents. Appraisal theory posits that emotional reactions are influenced by individuals' attitudes toward current circumstances and events, thereby shaping their driving attitudes and styles. However, In the study of emotional driving, research often focuses on the impact of single factors such as age, gender, and personality, while the interplay between these multiple factors is a challenge. This study aims to explore the impact of age, personality, and driving experience on driving behaviors, and to investigate the interaction effect between these factors, particularly the role of emotional arousal.
Using moderated moderation and mediated moderation analyses, we examined how these individual factors interact and influence driving behaviors, including acceleration, speed stability, and steering performance. Data were collected from a driving simulation experiment involving 40 Chinese participants in various emotional states.
Our findings revealed that higher-age drivers and experienced drivers displayed lower maximum acceleration and better speed stability. Extraversion significantly mediated the relationship between age and driving behaviors, with this relationship being moderated by arousal states. Additionally, Neuroticism moderated the relationship between driving experience and driving behaviors.
This study highlights how individual factors influence the trajectory of personality development in relation to driving behaviors. These findings have practical implications for improving traffic safety and driver education programs by incorporating emotional and personality-based interventions. Further long-term and individualized studies are needed to better understand these interactions and develop targeted interventions.
由于驾驶员的情绪对驾驶行为和交通事故有重大影响，因此在交通运输领域对其进行了广泛研究。评价理论认为，情绪反应受个体对当前情况和事件的态度影响，从而塑造他们的驾驶态度和风格。然而，在情绪驾驶研究中，往往侧重于年龄、性别和个性等单一因素的影响，而这些多因素之间的相互作用是一个挑战。本研究旨在探讨年龄、个性和驾驶经验对驾驶行为的影响，并研究这些因素之间的交互作用，特别是情绪唤醒的作用。
我们使用调节中介分析和中介调节分析，研究这些个体因素如何相互作用并影响驾驶行为，包括加速、速度稳定性和转向性能。数据来自一项驾驶模拟实验，该实验涉及40名处于不同情绪状态的中国参与者。
我们的研究结果表明，年龄较大的驾驶员和经验丰富的驾驶员最大加速度较低，速度稳定性较好。外向性显著中介了年龄与驾驶行为之间的关系，这种关系受唤醒状态调节。此外，神经质调节了驾驶经验与驾驶行为之间的关系。
本研究强调了个体因素如何影响与驾驶行为相关的个性发展轨迹。这些发现对于通过纳入基于情绪和个性的干预措施来改善交通安全和驾驶员教育计划具有实际意义。需要进一步开展长期和个性化研究，以更好地理解这些相互作用并制定有针对性的干预措施。
