Situation Awareness Viewed from Sense of Direction and Choice of Navigation Direction

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sense of direction, map or verbal direction and gender on situation awareness. One hundred and sixty five (165) students, consisting of 120 females and 45 males, participated in the study. Their ages between 18-19 years old. One-way anova was used to analyse data. It was found that the choice of direction (map, verbal or both combination) had influence on situation awareness level 1 and 3. However, sense of direction did not affect situation awareness. Participant gender was found to influence the level 3 situation awareness but not of level 1 and 2. Women showed higher situation awareness of level 3 than men.