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Personal profile
Biography
Amanda has been involved in road safety research for the over a decade and her background is in the psychology behind driver behaviour. Amanda completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK. Her PhD work focused on the role that emotions play in how a driver evaluates and responds to their current driving environment. She has published extensively in this area.
Amanda is currently a Research Fellow at Monash University Accident Research Centre, a position she took up in 2014 after spending a number of years working in road safety in England, Scotland and tthe Republic of Ireland.
Research area keywords
- driving anger
- aggressive driving
- dax
- das
- anger expression
- mood-congruent driving
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects 2018 2019
TMR06618: TMR06618 - Development of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Controlled Environment Driver Training
Oxley, J., Stephens, A. & Mulvihill, C.
26/06/19 → 25/12/19
Project: Research
The French and Australian population: impacted by driving anxiety
Jallais, C. & Stephens, A.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2019
Do mindfulness interventions improve road safety? A systematic review
Koppel, S., Bugeja, L., Hua, P., Osborne, R., Stephens, A. N., Young, K. L., Chambers, R. & Hassed, C., 1 Feb 2019, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 123, p. 88-98 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Mindfulness predicts driver engagement in distracting activities
Young, K. L., Koppel, S., Stephens, A. N., Osborne, R., Chambers, R. & Hassed, C., 15 May 2019, In : Mindfulness. 10, 5, p. 913-922 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Mobile phone involvement, beliefs, and texting while driving in Ukraine
Hill, T., Sullman, M. J. M. & Stephens, A. N., 1 Apr 2019, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 125, p. 124-131 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Multigroup invariance of the DAS across a random and an internet-sourced sample
Sullman, M. J. M., Stephens, A. N. & Taylor, J. E., 1 Oct 2019, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 131, p. 137-145 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Self-reported aggression amongst active cyclists
Stephens, A. N., O'Hern, S., Trawley, S., Young, K. L. & Koppel, S., 1 Jul 2019, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 128, p. 46-52 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Advancing Women's Research Success Grant
Amanda Stephens (Recipient), 18 Mar 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Research Paper 2019
Amanda Stephens (Recipient), 16 Jul 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Road rage is driven by anger and anonymity and the problem is getting worse
16/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Aggression on Australian roads
Amanda Stephens & Michael Patrick Fitzharris
17/07/17 → 15/08/17
6 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Bad drivers don’t think they’re bad: What Twitter tells us about road rage
5/05/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Unsafe at Any Speed The case against human drivers
15/02/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research