TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience and the expression of driving anger
AU - Gras, Maria Eugenia
AU - Font-Mayolas, Sílvia
AU - Patiño, Josefina
AU - Baltasar, Alícia
AU - Planes, Montserrat
AU - Sullman, Mark J.M.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - The main aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between resilience and the expression of driving anger. In addition, the adequacy of a Spanish version of a short form of the Driving Anger Expression inventory (DAX) was assessed, along with the relationships the DAX subscales had with gender, age, licence tenure, fines and crashes. The sample consisted of 2409 Spanish undergraduate students (mean age = 21.60; S.D. = 2.86; 60% women). A Spanish adaption of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used to measure resilience and the 15-item short form of the Driving Anger Expression inventory (DAX) was used to measure the expression of driving anger. The research found that resilience was directly associated with the adaptive/constructive expression of driving anger even after controlling for age, gender, licence tenure, fines and crash involvement. Nevertheless, as there is no previous research on this topic and the effect sizes were only moderate, further research is needed to clarify the role of resilience in the expression of driving anger. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis supports the adequacy of the short form of the DAX amongst Spanish drivers. In line with previous research, women tended to report more adaptive/constructive expression than men, while those who had crashed or been fined were more prone to report aggressive forms of driving anger expression.
AB - The main aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between resilience and the expression of driving anger. In addition, the adequacy of a Spanish version of a short form of the Driving Anger Expression inventory (DAX) was assessed, along with the relationships the DAX subscales had with gender, age, licence tenure, fines and crashes. The sample consisted of 2409 Spanish undergraduate students (mean age = 21.60; S.D. = 2.86; 60% women). A Spanish adaption of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was used to measure resilience and the 15-item short form of the Driving Anger Expression inventory (DAX) was used to measure the expression of driving anger. The research found that resilience was directly associated with the adaptive/constructive expression of driving anger even after controlling for age, gender, licence tenure, fines and crash involvement. Nevertheless, as there is no previous research on this topic and the effect sizes were only moderate, further research is needed to clarify the role of resilience in the expression of driving anger. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis supports the adequacy of the short form of the DAX amongst Spanish drivers. In line with previous research, women tended to report more adaptive/constructive expression than men, while those who had crashed or been fined were more prone to report aggressive forms of driving anger expression.
KW - Driving anger expression
KW - Driving behaviour
KW - Resilience
KW - Young drivers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951781303&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.trf.2015.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.trf.2015.09.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84951781303
SN - 1369-8478
VL - 42
SP - 307
EP - 316
JO - Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
JF - Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
ER -