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MINI REVIEW article

Front. Future Transp.
Sec. Transport Safety
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/ffutr.2024.1458828

Design Considerations for Future Affective Automotive Interfaces: A Review of Self-regulation Strategies to Manage Affect Behind the Wheel

Provisionally accepted
Monika Lohani Monika Lohani *Amy S. Do Amy S. Do Aifara Aisa Aifara Aisa
  • Department of Psychology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Like inattention, dysregulated emotions can seriously distract motorists and disrupt their driving performance. The current review examined the literature on emotion regulation to find relevant strategies for managing intense emotions while driving a motor vehicle. Next, we considered whether those relevant strategies could be used to design future affective automotive interfaces. Results suggested that problem-solving, task-focused coping, mindfulness, acceptance, and relaxation effectively regulate emotions while driving. These findings highlight that some strategies may be effective but costly to implement while driving (cognitive reappraisal and distraction), which need to be better understood before implementing them into automotive interfaces. Together, these findings suggest the potential benefits of embedding self-regulatory interventions in future automotive interfaces that can help maintain an optimal affective state to reduce distraction and improve safe driving.

    Keywords: Emotion Regulation, affective automotive user interfaces, evidence-based interventions, Future of automation, driving performance, Health

    Received: 03 Jul 2024; Accepted: 27 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lohani, Do and Aisa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Monika Lohani, Department of Psychology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States

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