ABSTRACT
The belief in conspiracy theories predicts behaviors related to public health such as the willingness to receive vaccines. This study applies a similar approach to an aspect of road safety: the use of smartphones while driving. A representative sample of 1706 subjects answered a series of questions related to what can be regarded as erroneous or conspiracy beliefs against restricting or banning the use of smartphones while driving. The results show that those having such conspiracy beliefs reported a greater use of smartphones behind the wheel.
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Smartphone , Humans , Public HealthABSTRACT
The birth of a child marks the beginning of a new developmental period for the parents. These changes have positive but also negative aspects, such as the increase in fatigue experienced by mothers during this period of time, which can be very limiting and lead them to postpone other life or work goals. However, despite the widespread nature of this problem, there is a lack of information about the duration of this fatigue, with estimates ranging from three months to six years; this prevents mothers from planning this period of their lives adequately. The current study evaluated fatigue in a Spanish sample of 67 women with infants less than two years old and drew a comparison with another sample of 46 women with similar characteristics who were not caring for an infant at that time in order to determine the differences between them and how fatigue in the former group evolves depending on the age of the infant. The results show that fatigue is effectively maintained until at least two years after the birth of the infant.
Subject(s)
Fatigue , Mothers , Child , Child, Preschool , Fatigue/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, NewbornABSTRACT
One question of great practical importance for the parents, and especially the mother, after the birth of a baby, refers to how long the time during which they have to go with less and more fragmented sleep actually lasts. Most of the studies only explore this issue up to 6 months of the newborn's life, and less is known about the sleep problems the mothers may have after this initial period. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between the sleep disruption and daytime sleepiness of mothers with infants until 2 years old compared to a group of women currently not at care of babies. To this end, a sample of 113 women, 67 currently bringing up a baby of under 2 years old, and the remainder without a baby at their care under 6 years old, reported sleep duration, sleep interruptions, sleep quality, and responded to questionnaires of sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. The relationship between the age of the children and the comparison between the groups was used to highlight the sleep problems of the mothers taking care of the infant. The results showed that there was a positive relationship between the age of the infant and the duration of the sleep of the mothers and that the duration of sleep for them was similar to those of the women in the control group about 6 months after the infant was born. However, fragmentation of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and sleep problems were still higher than in the control group for mothers with children between 6 and 12 months old.
ABSTRACT
Mothers attending infant children usually experience high levels of fatigue, and fatigue has been shown to be related to car crashes through attentional errors, among other causes. The current study investigates the effects of fatigue on the attentional errors while driving of women attending infant children. A sample of 112 women-67 attending infant children and 45 not attending-filled out self-report questionnaires assessing acute fatigue, chronic fatigue, and attention-related driving errors. A mediational analysis showed that women attending infant children had higher levels of fatigue, and that chronic fatigue, but not acute fatigue, was related to attentional errors while driving.
Subject(s)
Attention , Automobile Driving/psychology , Fatigue/psychology , Adult , Child, Preschool , Fatigue/physiopathology , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Self Report , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
EVICA es un proyecto conjunto entre el Instituto de Tráfico y Seguridad Vial de la Universidad de Valencia (INTRAS) y el Instituto Mapfre de Seguridad Vial. En dicho proyecto se plantea la utilización de la tecnología del simulador para evaluar y asesorar conductores. Esta evaluación se centra fundamentalmente en dos niveles, a nivel de control o manejo del vehículo y a nvel táctico o de toma de decisiones. De la ejecución del conductor en el simulador se obtienen una serie de medidas a partir de las cuales se puede ofrecer información personalizada sobre su modo de conducir que ayude a mejorar su seguridad y la de los demás usuarios de la vía (AU)