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The study examines how test anxiety affects driving performance in the British practical driving test using both psychophysiological measures (heart rate) and subjective self-report (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). 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Fairclough * , Andrew J. Tattersall, Kim Houston  \nSchool of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Building, Webster Street,  \nLiverpool L3 2ET, United Kingdom  \nAbstract  \nTest anxiety may degrade the quality of human performance when tasks are complex and demanding. This study was concerned with the influence of test anxiety on driving performance during the British practical driving test. Thirteen candidates participated in three sessions: (a) a normal driving lesson, (b) a mock driving test, and (c) UK Department of Transport official driving test. Anxiety was measured via psychophysiology (heart rate) and subjective self-report (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) . The results indicated that state anxiety increased in accordance with the formality of evaluative scenario. Those who failed the formal driving test exhibited significantly greater increases in heart rate and state anxiety during this test than the successful candidates. These differences were not apparent during baseline conditions or the mock-driving test. The implications of the study are discussed with reference to test anxiety and consequences for driver training and testing.  \n􀀁 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.  \nKeywords: Anxiety; Driver behaviour; Driver training; Heart rate  \n1. Introduction  \nThe British practical driving test is designed to assess whether candidates have learned the necessary skills to drive safely and competently when unsupervised. All UK citizens must successfully complete this test in order to obtain a full driving license. During the practical test, the candidate must complete a journey of approximately forty minutes duration under the direction of a Department of Transport Driving Examiner. This journey includes several types of roadway environment and incorporates specific manoeuvres such as reversing around a corner and emergency braking. The performance of the candidate is assessed via a standardised observation sheet (the DL25A Driving Test Report), which permits a distinction between minor and major/serious driving faults.  \nThe form of the practical driving test was reviewed and extended in recent years (Baughan, 2000) in response to changing driving conditions and to counteract the raised accident liability of novice drivers. The DL25A currently contains forty-eight categories of error and candidates fail the practical test if they either  \n* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 151 231 4199; fax: +44 151 231 4245 . E-mail address: [s.fairclough@livjm.ac.uk](s.fairclough@livjm.ac.uk) (S.H. Fairclough).  \n1369-8478/$ - see front matter 􀀁 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.trf.2005.08.004  \n44 S.H. Fairclough et al. / Transportation Research Part F 9 (2006) 43–52  \nmake one or more serious errors or exceed sixteen minor errors. Previous research has indicated that minor errors may predict accident liability of novices (Maycock & Forsyth, 1997); in addition, candidates who incura high number of minor faults report higher frequency of accidents during their first six months as drivers, once the effects of mileage and age have been controlled (Baughan & Sexton, 2002) .  \nThe pass rate for practical driving test was 42.8% between 2003 and 2004 (DSA, 2004) . Previous research has identified a number of factors that predicted failure rate (Forsyth, 1992), these included: gender (females tended to fail more frequently), age (persons over twenty-seven years of age were less successful) and hours of practice (those with over forty hours of practice were more likely to fail) . However, these factors tend to be correlated; for instance, older learners tend to spend a higher number of hours in training compared to younger drivers, e.g. an average of 33 h for teenagers compared to 51 .2 h for those over thirty years of age (Groeger & Brady","cbCaik2bUv4E0j4H","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik2bUv4E0j4H","pdf",136876,"English","# Introduction\n## British practical driving test overview\n## Test anxiety and performance background","[{\"question\":\"How was test anxiety measured in this study?\",\"answer\":\"Anxiety was measured with psychophysiology (heart rate) and subjective self-report using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.\"},{\"question\":\"What differences were found between candidates who passed and those who failed?\",\"answer\":\"Those who failed the formal driving test showed significantly greater increases in heart rate and state anxiety during the test than successful candidates.\"},{\"question\":\"Did the effects appear during all testing conditions?\",\"answer\":\"Differences were not apparent during baseline conditions or during the mock-driving test.\"}]","Anxiety and performance in the British driving test - Study | PDF",25]