Automation-Induced Complacency Potential: Development and Validation of a New Scale.

Complacency, or sub-optimal monitoring of automation performance, has been cited as a contributing factor in numerous major transportation and medical incidents. Researchers are working to identify individual differences that correlate with complacency as one strategy for preventing complacency-related accidents. is an individual difference reflecting a general tendency to be complacent across a wide variety of situations which is similar to, but distinct from trust.