Anticipated fear and anxiety of Automated Driving Systems: Estimating the prevalence in a national representative survey
Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet)
; 23(3)jul.-sep. 2023. ilus, tab
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in English
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ES1.1
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Automated Driving Systems (ADS) may reshape mobility. Yet, related fear and anxiety are largely unknown. We estimated the prevalence and risk factors of anticipated anxiety towards ADS.Method:
In a nationally representative face-to-face household survey, we assessed anticipated levels of anxiety towards ADS based on DSM-5 specific phobia criteria, using structured diagnostic interviews. We estimated weighted prevalences and conducted adjusted logistic regression models.Results:
Of N = 2076 respondents, 40.82% (95%-confidence interval (CI) 37.7343.98) anticipated experiencing some symptoms of phobia of ADS, 15.22% (CI 13.1917.51) anticipated subthreshold phobia, and 3.39% (CI 2.424.75) anticipated full-blown phobia of ADS. Of subjects anticipating subthreshold phobia, 74.02% showed no strong, enduring fears of driving non-automated cars and 65.07% presented no other specific phobias (full-blown anticipated phobia 50.37% and 50.03%, respectively). Anticipated phobia highly overlapped with anticipating marked or strong fears of passively encountering ADS in traffic (odds ratio 312.41982.2).Conclusion:
About 20% of subjects anticipated at least subthreshold and 4% of subjects anticipated full-blown phobia of ADS. It appears to be distinct from fears related to non-automated driving and other specific phobias. Our findings call for prevention and treatment of phobia of ADS as they become increasingly ubiquitous. (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Phobic Disorders
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Automobile Driving
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet)
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
International Psychoanalytic University/Germany
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RWTH Aachen/Germany