110829[mz3] 自動車の運転中にケータイメールを読み書き

…することを，'texting-while-driving' という。
どういう人がそれをしがち／しがちじゃないかの研究。

110829[mz3]-1 texting-while-driving; mindfulness
Mindfulness predicts less texting while driving among young adults:
Examining attention- and emotion-regulation motives as potential mediators

「マインドフルネス」特性が低い人はそれをしがちであり，
また「情動制御動機」が高いとその頻度を上昇させるという。

1) 「マインドフルネス」はそんなにメジャーであろうか？

2) なんで運転中のケータイメール操作とマインドフルネスをつなげるんだろう？
　　という点がクワシクない私には 謎 だった。

　イントロダクションに以下のように。

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　　A relevant individual difference in understanding the phenomenon
of texting-while-driving may be mindfulness, which has been
defined as the tendency to intentionally attend to present-moment
internal and external experiences with an attitude of openness and
acceptance (Kabat-Zinn, 2005). Mindfulness has been studied both
as a naturally-occurring individual difference as well as a state or
quality that can be promoted through various lifestyle practices
including mindfulness meditation (Brown, Ryan, & Creswell, 2007).

　Pioneering mindfulness teacher and researcher Jon Kabat-Zinn
(2005) recently proposed that promoting mindfulness would help
to lower individuals’ harmful, over-reliance on mobile communication
technology. In addition to obvious dangers of mobile phone
use while driving, he argues that communication technology may
lead to more subtle psychological harm by distracting and estranging
people from their immediate experience, including social relationships
and internal physical cues. He also suggests that
excessive use of communication technology may be driven by a
desire to distract oneself from upsetting emotional states such as
anxiety, loneliness, or boredom. In contrast, Kabat-Zinn suggests that
individuals who are mindful in daily life would be expected to place
a higher premium on being aware of their internal and external present-
moment experiences and show greater openness to accepting
emotional states rather than suppressing them with high-tech distractions.
These intriguing ideas have not been tested empirically
but would appear to hold great promise in helping to understand
the phenomenon of texting-while-driving.

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※　少しのことにも、先達はあらまほしき事なり　ってことか。