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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Traffic Safety

Background:

  • Aggressive driving is a significant safety concern.
  • Understanding the psychological predictors of aggressive driving is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate relationships between forgivingness, anger, hostility, and aggressive driving.
  • Examine self-reported aggressive driving and perceptions of others' aggression.

Main Methods:

  • Administered Slovak version of Driver Anger Indicators Scale (DAIS) to 612 drivers.
  • Conducted factor analyses on DAIS self and other scales.
  • Utilized path modeling to analyze predictor relationships.

Main Results:

  • Factor analysis identified 'aggressive warnings' and 'hostile aggression and revenge' factors in DAIS.
  • Driving anger fully mediated trait forgivingness and general anger's effect on aggressive warnings.
  • Hostility uniquely predicted self-reported aggressive driving.
  • Driving anger best predicted perceptions of others' aggressive driving.

Conclusions:

  • Driving anger is a key factor in both experiencing and perceiving aggressive driving.
  • Hostility is a direct predictor of aggressive driving behaviors.
  • Interventions targeting driving anger and hostility may reduce aggressive driving.