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Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention

Risky decision-making is highly influenced by emotions and can lead to fatal consequences. Attempts to reduce risk-taking include the use of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI), which have shown promising results for both emotion regulation (ER) and risk-taking. However, it is still unclear whethe...

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Autores principales: Baltruschat, Sabina, Mas-Cuesta, Laura, Cándido, Antonio, Maldonado, Antonio, Verdejo-Lucas, Carmen, Catena-Verdejo, Elvira, Catena, Andrés
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567278
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author Baltruschat, Sabina
Mas-Cuesta, Laura
Cándido, Antonio
Maldonado, Antonio
Verdejo-Lucas, Carmen
Catena-Verdejo, Elvira
Catena, Andrés
author_facet Baltruschat, Sabina
Mas-Cuesta, Laura
Cándido, Antonio
Maldonado, Antonio
Verdejo-Lucas, Carmen
Catena-Verdejo, Elvira
Catena, Andrés
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description Risky decision-making is highly influenced by emotions and can lead to fatal consequences. Attempts to reduce risk-taking include the use of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI), which have shown promising results for both emotion regulation (ER) and risk-taking. However, it is still unclear whether improved emotion regulation is the mechanism responsible for reduced risk-taking. In the present study, we explore the effect of a 5-week MBI on risky driving in a group of repeat traffic offenders by comparing them with non-repeat offenders and repeat offenders without training. We evaluated the driving behavior of the participants through a driving simulation, and self-reported emotion regulation, both before and after the intervention. At baseline, poor emotion regulation was related to a more unstable driving behavior, and speeding. The group that received mindfulness training showed improved performance during risky driving situations and had fewer accidents, although their overall driving behavior remained largely unchanged. The observed trend toward improved emotion regulation was not significant. We discuss whether other effects of MBI – such as self-regulation of attention – could underlie the observed reduction in risky driving in the initial stages. Nonetheless, our findings still confirm the close relationship between emotion regulation skills and risky driving.
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spelling pubmed-78544482021-02-04 Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Baltruschat, Sabina Mas-Cuesta, Laura Cándido, Antonio Maldonado, Antonio Verdejo-Lucas, Carmen Catena-Verdejo, Elvira Catena, Andrés Front Psychol Psychology Risky decision-making is highly influenced by emotions and can lead to fatal consequences. Attempts to reduce risk-taking include the use of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI), which have shown promising results for both emotion regulation (ER) and risk-taking. However, it is still unclear whether improved emotion regulation is the mechanism responsible for reduced risk-taking. In the present study, we explore the effect of a 5-week MBI on risky driving in a group of repeat traffic offenders by comparing them with non-repeat offenders and repeat offenders without training. We evaluated the driving behavior of the participants through a driving simulation, and self-reported emotion regulation, both before and after the intervention. At baseline, poor emotion regulation was related to a more unstable driving behavior, and speeding. The group that received mindfulness training showed improved performance during risky driving situations and had fewer accidents, although their overall driving behavior remained largely unchanged. The observed trend toward improved emotion regulation was not significant. We discuss whether other effects of MBI – such as self-regulation of attention – could underlie the observed reduction in risky driving in the initial stages. Nonetheless, our findings still confirm the close relationship between emotion regulation skills and risky driving. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7854448/ /pubmed/33551896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567278 Text en Copyright © 2021 Baltruschat, Mas-Cuesta, Cándido, Maldonado, Verdejo-Lucas, Catena-Verdejo and Catena. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Mas-Cuesta, Laura
Cándido, Antonio
Maldonado, Antonio
Verdejo-Lucas, Carmen
Catena-Verdejo, Elvira
Catena, Andrés
Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title_full Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title_fullStr Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title_short Repeat Traffic Offenders Improve Their Performance in Risky Driving Situations and Have Fewer Accidents Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention
title_sort repeat traffic offenders improve their performance in risky driving situations and have fewer accidents following a mindfulness-based intervention
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7854448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567278
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