Forgivingness, anger, and hostility in aggressive driving

This study was aimed at investigating the relationship between trait forgivingness, general anger, hostility, driving anger, and self-reported aggressive driving committed by the driver him/herself (“self” scale) and perceiving him/herself as an object of other drivers’ aggressive acts (“other” scale). The Slovak version of questionnaires was administrated to a sample of 612 Slovak and Czech drivers. First, the factor structure of the Driver Anger Indicators Scale (DAIS) was investigated. Factor analyses of the self and other parts of the DAIS resulted in two factors, which were named as aggressive warnings and hostile aggression and revenge. Next, the results showed that from all dependent variables (scales of the DAIS), self-reported aggressive warnings (self) on the road were predicted best by chosen person-related factors. The path model for aggressive warnings (self) suggested that trait forgivingness and general anger were fully mediated by driving anger whereas hostility proved to be a unique predictor of aggressive behavior in traffic. Driving anger was found to be the best predictor of perceptions that other drivers behave aggressively.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.017
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457513004144
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00014575
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Kovácsová, Natália
  • Rošková, Eva
  • Lajunen, Timo
• Publication Date: 2014-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 303-308
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggression; Anger; Drivers; Driving; Risk taking; Road rage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Forgiveness; Hostility
• Geographic Terms: Czech Republic; Slovakia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519887
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 2014 10:11AM