TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Cognitive biases, risk perception, and risky driving behaviour
JO  - Sustainability (Basel)
A1  - Măirean, Cornelia
A1  - Havârneanu, Grigore M.
A1  - Barić, Danijela
A1  - Havârneanu, Corneliu
SP  - e77
EP  - e77
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - This study evaluated the relationship between drivers’ cognitive biases (i.e., optimism bias, illusion of control) and risky driving behaviour. It also investigated the mediational role of risk perception in the relationship between cognitive biases and self-reported risky driving. The sample included 366 drivers (Mage = 39.13, SD = 13.63 years) who completed scales measuring optimism bias, illusion of control, risk perception, and risky driving behaviour, as well as demographic information. The results showed that risky driving behaviour was negatively predicted by optimism bias and positively predicted by the illusion of control. Further, risk perception negatively correlated with risky behaviour and also mediated the relation between both optimism bias and illusion of control with risky driving. The practical implications of these results for traffic safety and future research are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2071-1050
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14010077
ID  - ref1
ER  -