Dr Alexia Lennon
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Background Alexia is a lecturer who has been with the Centre since 2004. She was awarded her Honours degree in psychology at the University of Queensland and later completed doctoral studies in management, also at the University of Queensland. Current research projects- 2014 Distracted pedestrians (Austroads funded)
This project will examine the extend to which pedestrians are affected by distraction while walking and crossing the road with a focus on mobile phones and alcohol.
- Review of ACT Road Ready pre-licence driver education program (JACS Directorate of the ACT)
This project involved interviews and surveys with the deliverers and students who use the Road Ready program.
- 2011-current Aggressive Driving: Refining a model of aggressive driving ARC Discovery funded project
This project focuses on applying a modification of the General Aggression Model from mainstream psychology to the driving area.
- 2012- current Driving etiquette
This project is related to the other driving aggression work and is focussed on the protective factors associated with avoiding driving aggression
- 2013-current Child car restraint related projects
This is a set of small projects that extend the work in earlier child occupant safety work and examine aspects of restraint use as well as how to help parents to better protect their children while travelling in vehicles. Some of this is undertaken with partners such as Kidsafe Queensland.
- 2009-2010: Aggressive driving (IBHI Early Career Researcher Grant)
This project involves examining the thoughts and emotions that drivers report when recalling incidents of aggressive driving (either as the aggressive driver or the victim)
- 2007-2010: Improving Child Safety in Cars (ARC-Linkage project)
Extends previous research undertaken in the Centre to improve children’s safety as passengers in cars. RACQ are the industry partners on this project which is primarily aimed at designing and piloting an intervention to encourage parents to make safer seating position choices for their children.
- A profile of injury prevention in Queensland (recently concluded)
This project has been commissioned by Queensland Health and sought to explore the types of injury affecting Queenslanders, and the interventions currently aimed at reducing or preventing these. In addition, the project included a survey of community attitudes and beliefs in relation to safety and injury. More than 1000 community participants were surveyed by Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing to seek their views in relation to injury. Results from this project indicated that 21% of the Queenslanders surveyed reported that their lifestyle or that of a close family member had been permanently affected by injury. The report, including 31 recommendations is now available on QUT ePrints.
- Older pedestrian road crossing strategies (as co-investigator with Dr Mark King)
Aims to explore the informal rules that older pedestrians use to make crossing decisions. Alexia is also part of the education team at CARRS-Q and teaches in the Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Road Safety programs offered by the Centre. She is a registered teacher in Queensland. Research interests
- Vulnerable road users
- traffic psychology
- speeding behaviour
- aggressive driving
- injury prevention (particularly children)
- health intervention programs
- qualitative research.
Personal details
Keywords
road safety, injury prevention, aggressive driving, child safety, child car restraints, young drivers, vulnerable road users, social models of behaviour, risk perception
Discipline
Psychology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Secretary, Australian Injury Prevention Network Member, Queensland College of Teachers
Research keywords: child injury; child car occupant safety; aggressive driving; vulnerable road users; young drivers; qualitative research; risk perception; social models of behaviour; health beliefs
Research keywords: child injury; child car occupant safety; aggressive driving; vulnerable road users; young drivers; qualitative research; risk perception; social models of behaviour; health beliefs
Selected publications
- Soole D, Lennon A, Watson B, Bingham R, (2011) Towards a comprehensive model of driver aggression: A review of the literature and directions for the future. In CN Ferraro, Traffic Safety, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 69-97.
- Lennon A, Watson B, (2011) 'Teaching them a lesson?' A qualitative exploration of underlying motivations for driver aggression, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 43 (6), pp. 2200-2208.
- Lennon A, Watson B, Arlidge C, Fraine G, (2011) 'You're a bad driver but I just made a mistake': Attribution differences between the 'victims' and 'perpetrators' of scenario-based aggressive driving incidents, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 14 (3), pp. 209-221.
- Soole D, Watson B, Lennon A, (2009) The impact of police speed enforcement practices on self-reported speeding: An exploration of the effects of visibility and mobility, Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education and the 2009 Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) Conference, pp. 97-107.
- Fleiter J, Lennon A, Watson B, (2010) How do other people influence your driving speed? Exploring the 'who' and the 'how' of social influences on speeding from a qualitative perspective, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 13 (1), pp. 49-62.
- Fleiter J, Watson B, Lennon A, King M, Kan S, (2009) Speeding in Australia and China: A comparison of the influence of legal sanctions and enforcement practices on car drivers, Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education and the 2009 Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) Conference, pp. 441-453.
- Soole D, Lennon A, Watson B, (2008) Driver perceptions of police speed enforcement : differences between camera-based and non-camera based methods : results from a qualitative study, Road Safety 2008: Safer Roads, Safer Speeds, Safer People, Safer Vehicles - proceedings of the 2008 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, pp. 221-231.
- Lennon A, Siskind V, Haworth N, (2008) Rear seat safer: Seating position, restraint use and injuries in children in traffic crashes in Victoria, Australia, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 40 (2), pp. 829-834.
- Lennon A, (2007) A Risky Treat: Exploring Parental Perceptions of the Barriers to Seating their Children in the Rear Seats of Passenger Vehicles, Injury Prevention, 13 (2), pp. 105-109.
- Lennon A, (2005) Where Do Children Sit in Australian Passenger Vehicles? Results of an Observational Study, 2005 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference, pp. 115-120.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Alexia, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Research projects
- Title
- Reducing Aggression on Our Roads: Testing a Comprehensive Model of Aggressive Driving
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP110101425
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Traffic Psychology; Driver Aggression; Road Safety; Driver Behaviour
- Title
- Development of a drink driving program for regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2011/03
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Behaviour Change; Drink Driving; Indigenous; Intervention Program; Rural And Remote
- Title
- Improving Child Safety in Cars
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0776881
- Start year
- 2007
- Keywords
- Childrens Safety; Injury Prevention; Motor Vehicle; Intervention