eprintid: 54679 rev_number: 17 eprint_status: archive userid: 5941 dir: disk0/00/05/46/79 datestamp: 2026-10-12 13:09:51 lastmod: 2026-10-12 13:09:52 status_changed: 2026-10-12 13:09:51 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Lazuras, Lambros creators_name: Poulter, Damian creators_name: Ypsilanti, Antonia creators_name: Hawkins, Oliver creators_name: Rowe, Richard creators_id: pd55 creators_banner_id: 5941 creators_orcid: 0000-0003-2521-5959 title: Mobile phone use while driving: the role of driving self-regulation ispublished: pub subjects: BF subjects: H1 subjects: HE divisions: faculty_3 divisions: edu_dept7 divisions: edu_rg9 divisions: edu_dept5 keywords: mobile phone use, driving, self-regulation, mind wandering. abstract: Driving-specific self-regulation has been associated with risky driving behaviour. The present research examined, for the first time, the relationship of driving-specific self-regulation with mobile phone use while driving across two survey-based studies in the United Kingdom. Study 1 (N = 296) showed that driving-specific self-regulation was significantly associated with both texting and calling while driving, over and above the effects of other predictors. Domain-general self-regulation was indirectly associated with texting while driving, through driving-specific self-regulation. Study 2 (N = 309) showed that driving-specific self-regulation was negatively associated with mind wandering while driving. Mind wandering was positively related to both calling and texting while driving, but this relationship was moderated by driving-specific self-regulation. The association of mind wandering and texting was weaker for higher levels of driving-specific self-regulation (B = −0.127, p = .019). Driving-specific self-regulation presents a theoretically relevant construct for the study of behaviours that contribute to distracted driving, such as mobile phone use. date: 2026-10-01 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier id_number: 10.1016/j.trf.2026.103834 official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2026.103834 creators_browse_id: 5941 online_issn: 1873-5517 funded_project: FALSE full_text_status: public publication: Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour volume: 123 article_number: 103834 refereed: TRUE issn: 1369-8478 dates_date: 2026-10-01 dates_date: 2026-09-27 dates_date: 2026-10-01 dates_date_type: published dates_date_type: accepted dates_date_type: published_online hoa_compliant: 511 hoa_ref_pan: AB hoa_date_acc: 2026-09-27 hoa_date_pub: 2026-10-01 hoa_date_fcd: 2026-10-12 hoa_date_foa: 2026-10-12 hoa_version_fcd: VoR hoa_exclude: FALSE hoa_gold: TRUE rioxx2_license_ref_input_license_ref: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ rioxx2_license_ref_input_start_date: 2026-10-01 rioxx2_apc_input: not required citation: Lazuras, Lambros, Poulter, Damian, Ypsilanti, Antonia, Hawkins, Oliver and Rowe, Richard (2026) Mobile phone use while driving: the role of driving self-regulation. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 123:103834. ISSN 1369-8478 (Print), 1873-5517 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.trf.2026.103834 ) document_url: https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/54679/7/54679%20POULTER_Mobile_Phone_Use_While_Driving_%28OA%29_2026.pdf