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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.
Keywords
- driving anger
- aggressive driving
- dax
- das
- anger expression
- mood-congruent driving
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Projects 2018 2019
- 1 Active
Provision of statistical analysis services to support the development of a Regulatory Impact Statement for Advanced Emergency Braking Systems -Stage 2
Newstead, S. V., Budd, L. E. & Stephens, A.
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities (Commonwealth)
1/11/18 → 31/01/19
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
Associations between self-reported mindfulness, driving anger and aggressive driving
Stephens, A. N., Koppel, S., Young, K. L., Chambers, R. & Hassed, C., 1 Jul 2018, In : Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 56, p. 149-155 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Driver anger in France: The relationships between sex, gender roles, trait and state driving anger and appraisals made while driving
Albentosa, J., Stephens, A. N. & Sullman, M. J. M., 1 Jan 2018, In : Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 52, p. 127-137 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire for older drivers: Do errors, violations and lapses change over time?
Koppel, S., Stephens, A. N., Charlton, J. L., Di Stefano, M., Darzins, P., Odell, M. & Marshall, S., 1 Apr 2018, In : Accident Analysis and Prevention. 113, p. 171-178 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
What is the relationship between self-reported aberrant driving behaviors, mindfulness, and self-reported crashes and infringements?
Koppel, S., Stephens, A. N., Young, K. L., Hua, P., Chambers, R. & Hassed, C., 2018, In : Traffic Injury Prevention. 19, 5, p. 480-487 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Press / Media
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