Behavioral self-monitoring for safe driving.
Self-monitoring is an approach to change behavior by manipulating antecedents, observing and recording target behaviors, and receiving feedback and consequences. In the present paper the basic procedures of self-monitoring and safe driving are identified. Self-monitoring checklist development is presented and a case study using antecedents to signal behavior is discussed. The purpose of this study was to determine if a prompt can increase the use of turn signals of drivers. The study incorporated three phases, a baseline phase, an intervention phase, and a return to baseline phase (ABA). The effectiveness of the intervention, a prompt to use turn signals, appeared to be an effective in increasing turn signal usage among motorists, from 33.5 percent (phase A) to 70.3 percent (phase B).
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D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D001519:Behavior; D006801:Humans; D012449:Safety; D012647:Self-Assessment