Mood and achievement in a difficult driving task
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 23 (7) , 605-612
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140138008924775
Abstract
Ratings of mood, degree of involvement and probability of success were made before and after two varieties of a difficult driving task on a slippery road. Error scores were also obtained. Involvement and probability of success were related to mood, and error scores were consistently and negatively correlated with mood: subjects who felt more unpleasant, tired, tense and uncertain also made more errors. These trends were confirmed also when rated probability of success was held constant in partial correlation analyses.Keywords
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