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Overview

Barry C. Watson is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Social Sciences, Engineering, and Psychology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality; Sociology and Political Science; Transportation; Social Psychology; and Applied Psychology.

The primary focus of their work addresses Traffic and Road Safety, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, and Safety Warnings and Signage.

Barry C. Watson has authored numerous papers in recognized venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • A systematic review of factors associated with illegal drug driving, 2022, Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • A novel conceptual framework investigating the relationship between roadside advertising and road safety: The driver behaviour and roadside advertising conceptual framework, 2022, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • A brief and unsupervised online intervention improves performance on a validated test of hazard perception skill used for driver licensing, 2021, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Navigation apps are becoming a threat to road safety (beyond distraction), 2021, Injury Prevention
  • A unified deterrence-based model of legal and non-legal factors that influence young driver speeding behaviour, 2021, Accident Analysis & Prevention

Their frequent co-authors include Ioni Lewis, Narelle Haworth, Óscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Lyndel Bates, and Sherrie-Anne Kaye. These collaborations indicate a network of expertise contributing to their fields of study.

Barry C. Watson regularly publishes in prominent journals, notably:

  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • AHFE International
  • Injury Prevention

In addition to journal articles, Barry C. Watson has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Naif University Press eBooks titled "ثقافة السلامة المرورية" in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Dialling and driving: factors influencing intentions to use a mobile phone while driving

    Shari P. Walsh;Katherine M. White;Melissa K. Hyde;Barry C. Watson

  • The role of fear appeals in improving driver safety: A review of the effectiveness of fear-arousing (threat) appeals in road safety advertising.

    Ioni M. Lewis;Barry C. Watson;Richard S. Tay;Katherine M. White

  • The relative impact of work-related stress, life stress and driving environment stress on driving outcomes

    Peter Rowden;Gerald Matthews;Barry C. Watson;Herbert Biggs

  • Effects of average speed enforcement on speed compliance and crashes: A review of the literature

    David William Soole;Barry C. Watson;Judy J. Fleiter

  • How do other people influence your driving speed? Exploring the 'who' and the 'how' of social influences on speeding from a qualitative perspective

    Judy Jeanette Fleiter;Alexia Lennon;Barry C. Watson

  • Examining the effectiveness of physical threats in road safety advertising: The role of the third-person effect, gender, and age ☆

    Ioni M. Lewis;Barry C. Watson;Richard S. Tay

  • Mobile phone use while driving: An investigation of the beliefs influencing drivers' hands-free and hand-held mobile phone use

    Katherine M. White;Melissa K. Hyde;Shari P. Walsh;Barry C. Watson

  • An application of the driver behaviour questionnaire in an Australian organisational fleet setting

    Jeremy D. Davey;Darren E. Wishart;James E. Freeman;Barry C. Watson

  • Comparing safety climate factors as predictors of work-related driving behavior.

    Andrew R. Wills;Barry C. Watson;Herbert C. Biggs

  • Promoting Public Health Messages: Should We Move Beyond Fear-Evoking Appeals in Road Safety?

    Ioni M. Lewis;Barry Watson;Katherine M. White;Richard Tay

  • Response efficacy: the key to minimizing rejection and maximizing acceptance of emotion-based anti-speeding messages.

    Ioni M. Lewis;Barry C. Watson;Katherine M. White

  • Estimating under-reporting of road crash injuries to police using multiple linked data collections

    Angela Watson;Barry Watson;Kirsten Vallmuur

  • Factors Predicting Intentions to Speed in a Work and Personal Vehicle

    Sharon A. Newnam;Barry C. Watson;Will Murray

  • Understanding the psychosocial factors influencing the risky behaviour of young drivers

    Bridie J. Scott-Parker;Barry C. Watson;M. J. King

  • Internet versus paper-and-pencil survey methods in psychological experiments: Equivalence testing of participant responses to health-related messages

    Ioni Lewis;Barry Watson;Katherine Marie White

  • Changing drivers' intentions and behaviours using fear-based driver fatigue advertisements.

    Richard S. Tay;Barry C. Watson

  • An Examination of Message-Relevant Affect in Road Safety Messages: Should Road Safety Advertisements Aim to Make Us Feel Good or Bad?

    Ioni M. Lewis;Barry C. Watson;Katherine M. White

  • The Sleep and Performance of Shift Workers

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  • The impact of road advertising signs on driver behaviour and implications for road safety: A critical systematic review

    Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios;Verity Truelove;Barry Watson;Jane A. Hinton

  • A further exploration of sensation seeking propensity, reward sensitivity, depression, anxiety, and the risky behaviour of young novice drivers in a structural equation model

    Bridie J. Scott-Parker;Barry C. Watson;Mark J. King;Melissa K. Hyde

  • Speeding by young novice drivers: What can personal characteristics and psychosocial theory add to our understanding?

    Bridie J. Scott-Parker;Melissa K. Hyde;Barry C. Watson;Mark J. King

  • The Speed Paradox: The Misalignment Between Driver Attitudes and Speeding Behaviour

    Judy Jeanette Fleiter;Barry C. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa K. Hyde
Melissa K. Hyde University of Queensland
Katherine M. White
Katherine M. White Queensland University of Technology
Richard Tay
Richard Tay RMIT University
Joanne M. Wood
Joanne M. Wood Queensland University of Technology
Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews George Mason University
C. Raymond Bingham
C. Raymond Bingham University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Williamson
Ann Williamson University of New South Wales
Judith Lynne Charlton
Judith Lynne Charlton Monash University
Mark S. Horswill
Mark S. Horswill University of Queensland

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