Pregnant women’s perception of themselves and other drivers as road users

The article presents the results of a study devoted to the study of the perception of pregnant women — drivers of the road transport environment, its participants and themselves as a driver. The study was conducted on the basis of women’s consultations in Moscow, the respondents were 30 pregnant women drivers and 30 non — pregnant women drivers as a control group. The main purpose of the study was to identify the features of the perception of pregnant and non-pregnant women drivers themselves as a driver, road transport environment and its participants. To analyze the peculiarities of emotional and semantic representations of pregnant and non-pregnant women drivers, the following methods were used: “Personal differential”; “Unfinished sentences”; projective technique “I am a driver”. T student t — test was used to assess the differences between the perception of the driver by pregnant women drivers and non — pregnant women drivers. The results of the study suggest that there are significant differences between the perception of pregnant women as drivers and non — pregnant women drivers. To a greater extent, they are expressed in the increased emotionality of pregnant women, their immersion in their own condition and a more negative assessment of their driving skills.

 

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