Research Article
No text Is worth dying for: The role of emotion regulation in a distracted driving campaign
Author:
Emma Kesterton Rait
University of the Highlands and Islands, GB
About Emma
Undergraduate Student, Psychology Department
Abstract
Safe driving campaigns frequently use threat-appeals to portray the consequences of risky driving and generate negative emotion. However, increasing perceived risk is often ineffective in motivating behaviour change. A potential approach to increasing the efficacy of safe driving campaigns is the incorporation of emotion regulation strategies. This study used an independent-groups experimental design with a sample of 53 participants (21 males, 32 females) aged 18–65 years (M = 43) to investigate if employing the emotion regulation strategies of distraction and cognitive reappraisal reduces negative emotion while viewing a distracted driving campaign film. Findings revealed that employing emotion regulation strategies significantly reduced negative emotion with a medium effect size, in comparison to the control condition, confirming the hypothesis.
How to Cite:
Rait, E.K., 2019. No text Is worth dying for: The role of emotion regulation in a distracted driving campaign. Journal of European Psychology Students, 10(2), pp.1–11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.451
Published on
04 Apr 2019.
Peer Reviewed
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