Feelings of vulnerability in driving can be considered an emotional response to risk perception and the coping strategies adopted could have implications for continued mobility. In a series of focus groups with 48 licensed drivers aged 18-75 years, expressions of vulnerability in driver coping behaviours were examined. Despite feelings of vulnerability appearing low, qualitative thematic analysis revealed a complex array of coping strategies in everyday driving including planning, use of 'co-pilots', self-regulation, avoidance and confrontive coping, i.e. intentional aggression toward other road users. The findings inform future intervention studies to enable appropriate coping strategy selection and prolong independent mobility in older adults. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Gwyther, H., & Holland, C. (2014). Feelings of vulnerability and effects on driving behaviour - A qualitative study. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 24, 50–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.03.001
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