title: Stereotype threat and hazard perception among provisional license drivers.
abstract: Stereotype threat refers to the negative impact a stereotype about one's group can have on one's performance in domains relevant to the stereotype. In the current paper, we explore whether the negative stereotype of provisional license drivers (PLDs) might produce stereotype threat in a driving-related hazard perception task. We manipulate threat by asking participants to self-identify as PLDs in a categorization condition, or by reminding PLD participants explicitly of the stereotype of PLDs in an explicit stereotype condition. Results reveal increments in hazard perception in the categorization condition, and decrements in hazard perception in the explicit stereotype condition. Mediation analysis reveals that hazard perception performance is fully mediated by increased effort in the categorization condition and by decreased effort in the explicit stereotype condition. We discuss these findings in terms of their implications for stereotype threat and its mediators, and for public policy that explicitly discriminates between PLDs and other driver groups.
authors.affiliation: Australian National University, Australia. Daniel.Skorich@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Skorich
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostyanaya
authors.forename: Tegan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cruwys
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McNeill
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Frain
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: Kerry J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001315:Australia; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure; D008297:Male; D011640:Public Policy; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014741:Video Recording; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult