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dc.contributor.authorPachana, Nancy A
dc.contributor.authorJetten, Jolanda
dc.contributor.authorGustafsson, Louise
dc.contributor.authorLiddle, Jacki
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T23:34:56Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T23:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0144-686X
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0144686X16000507
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380255
dc.description.abstractAnticipated driving cessation required due to health or cognitive decline often evokes concerns about practical aspects of retaining mobility and quality of life as well as personal and social identity changes in older persons. While driving cessation is often perceived as stressful because it disrupts peoples' lives and poses practical hurdles, we argue that part of the stress associated with driving cessation can be attributed to identity change with regard to thinking of oneself as ‘no longer a driver’ as well as the perception of ‘getting old’. In an exploratory study, 208 older adults who had either ceased driving or had a plan to stop driving in the near future completed a ‘Driver Identity Survey’ with multiple questions about how they thought they would feel before and after stopping driving, as well as worries about practical hassles, life changes and changed relationships. Participants reported driving cessation as a significant life event associated with subjectively feeling older. Irrespective of current driving status, older participants identified the state of having ceased driving as associated with feeling older than their chronological age. Participants' expectations about practicalities and social identity changes were both significant predictors of stress associated with driving cessation. Discussion focuses on how expectations of anticipated changes in functionality and identity may influence driving cessation decisions and adjustment in later life.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1597
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1608
dc.relation.ispartofissue8
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAgeing & Society
dc.relation.ispartofvolume37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther psychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode529999
dc.titleTo be or not to be (an older driver): social identity theory and driving cessation in later life
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGustafsson, Louise


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