Anger, aggression, and risky behavior on the road : a preliminary study of urban and rural differences.

Author(s)
Deffenbacher, J.L.
Year
Abstract

This study explored the relationship of gender and urban/rural driving to anger, anger expression, aggression, and risky behavior while driving. Some small gender effects were found. Men and women did not differ on anger or forms of anger expression, but men reported more aggressive and risky behavior. There were no urban/rural differences, except for one interaction. Urban males reported less overall driving anger than did other groups. Results are discussed in terms of absence of urban/rural differences and the need to explore potential differences in larger, more powerful designs that employ more diversified measures of anger and the impact of driving anger on a person's life. (Author/publisher)

Publication

Library number
20090298 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 38 (2008), No. 1 (January), p. 22-36, 24 ref.

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