TY - JOUR
T1 - Driving anger in Spain
AU - Sullman, Mark J M
AU - Gras, M. Eugenia
AU - Cunill, Monica
AU - Planes, Monserrat
AU - Font-Mayolas, Silvia
PY - 2007/3/1
Y1 - 2007/3/1
N2 - The present study examined the types of situations that cause Spanish drivers to become angry. The 33-item version of the Driver Anger Scale (Deffenbacher, Oetting, & Lynch, 1994) was used to investigate driver anger amongst a sample of 371 drivers. Confirmatory factor analysis showed the fit of the original six-factor model was satisfactory. In most of the subscales Spanish drivers reported similar levels of anger to that reported by drivers from other nations. Female drivers reported more anger overall and on three of the six types of driving anger (discourtesy, traffic obstructions and illegal driving). Individually, police presence, slow driving and overall anger were significant predictors of crash involvement (p < 0.05), even after the contributions of the background variables had been partialled out.
AB - The present study examined the types of situations that cause Spanish drivers to become angry. The 33-item version of the Driver Anger Scale (Deffenbacher, Oetting, & Lynch, 1994) was used to investigate driver anger amongst a sample of 371 drivers. Confirmatory factor analysis showed the fit of the original six-factor model was satisfactory. In most of the subscales Spanish drivers reported similar levels of anger to that reported by drivers from other nations. Female drivers reported more anger overall and on three of the six types of driving anger (discourtesy, traffic obstructions and illegal driving). Individually, police presence, slow driving and overall anger were significant predictors of crash involvement (p < 0.05), even after the contributions of the background variables had been partialled out.
KW - Anger
KW - Driving
KW - Driving behaviour
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33845487881&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.014
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845487881
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 42
SP - 701
EP - 713
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 4
ER -