NARCISSISM AND AGGRESSION: IS INFLATED SELF-ESTEEM RELATED TO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING?
This paper investigates the relationship between aggressive driving behavior and narcissism, hypothesizing that individuals with inflated self-esteem that are challenged by another driver would report higher levels of aggressive driving behavior. For this study, 91 participants completed self-report measures assessing narcissism, self-esteem and aggressive driving behavior. Results showed that specific aspects of narcissism did predict aggressive driving behavior, supporting the theory of threatened egotism. These results suggest that inflated self-esteem may be an important factor in aggressive driving behavior, while low-self-esteem is not.
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Corporate Authors:
North American Journal of Psychology
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Authors:
- Schreer, G E
- Publication Date: 2002
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 333-341
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Serial:
- North American Journal of Psychology
- Volume: 4
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: North American Journal of Psychology
- ISSN: 1527-7143
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aggression; Behavior; Drivers; Hypothesis testing; Personality; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires
- Uncontrolled Terms: Narcissism; Self-esteem
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00938347
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 9 2003 12:00AM