title: Factors affecting self-regulatory driving practices among older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary objective of this study was to better understand how self-regulatory driving practices at multiple levels of driver decision making are influenced by various factors. Specifically, the study investigated patterns of tactical and strategic self-regulation among a sample of 246 Australian older drivers. Of special interest was the relative influence of several variables on the adoption of self-regulation, including self-perceptions of health, functioning, and abilities for safe driving and driving confidence and comfort.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research was carried out at the Monash University Accident Research Centre, as part of its Ozcandrive study, a partnership with the Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (Candrive), and in conjunction with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Candrive/Ozcandrive represents the first study to follow a large group of older drivers over several years and collect comprehensive self-reported and objectively derived data on health, functioning, and driving. This study used a subset of data from the Candrive/Ozcandrive study. Upon enrolling in the study, participants underwent a comprehensive clinical assessment during which data on visual, cognitive, and psychomotor functioning were collected. Approximately 4 months after study enrollment, participants completed the Advanced Driving Decisions and Patterns of Travel (ADDAPT) questionnaire, a computer-based self-regulation instrument developed and pilot-tested at UMTRI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-regulation among older adults was found to be a multidimensional concept. Rates of self-regulation were tied closely to specific driving situations, as well as level of decision making. In addition, self-regulatory practices at the strategic and tactical levels of decision making were influenced by different sets of factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continuing efforts to better understand the self-regulatory practices of older drivers at multiple levels of driver performance and decision making should provide important insights into how the transition from driving to nondriving can be better managed to balance the interdependent needs of public safety and personal mobility.
authors.affiliation: a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) , Ann Arbor , Michigan.
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Molnar
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Charlton
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Eby
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Langford
authors.forename: Sjaan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koppel
authors.forename: Giselle E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kolenic
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003657:Decision Making; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012927:Social Control, Informal