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TRAINING MINDFULNESS AND CONCENTRATION TO IMPROVE SITUATION AWARENESS AND ATTENTION IN OLDER DRIVERS
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2018
Abstract
Older adults were recruited from a retirement community to participate in a driving simulation with the inclusion of a meditation training course in either mindfulness or concentration. Driving performance data were gathered via the simulation program and by the researcher prior to and after meditation training. Questionnaires (Attention Related Driving Errors Scale, Cognitive Failures Questionnaire-Driving, Concentration Scale, and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale) were also distributed and completed before training. No differences in driving performance were found between the mindfulness and concentration groups, although there was an improvement of braking time and lane maintenance errors for both groups from the first to second run of the driving simulation. As an early investigation of the differences between concentration and mindfulness meditation, results did not support that one form of meditation is better suited than another in this study. Future studies would include testing the extent to which addition of meditation training to a supplemental driving program could improve driver safety.
Details
- Title
- TRAINING MINDFULNESS AND CONCENTRATION TO IMPROVE SITUATION AWARENESS AND ATTENTION IN OLDER DRIVERS
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090838406600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida