Focusing on appraisals: How and why anger and fear influence driving risk perception
Focusing on appraisals: How and why anger and fear influence driving risk perception
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关注评估:愤怒和恐惧如何以及为何影响驾驶风险感知
DOI:
10.1016/j.jsr.2013.01.009
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发表时间:
2013-06-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Zhang, Ruogu
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作者:
Lu, Jingyi;Xie, Xiaofei;Zhang, Ruogu
Introduction: The present research explores how and why anger and fear influence driving risk perception. Methods: Based on appraisal tendency framework, researchers hypothesized that anger and fear would influence driving risk perception in opposite directions due to their differences in appraisals. Results: Study 1 showed that anger reduced risk perception, whereas fear increased it. In Studies 2, 3, and 4, the researchers adopted the paradigm of reappraisal to investigate the causes of the opposite effects found in Study I. Consistent with our hypothesis, appraisals accounted for these effects: After reappraisals along the dimensions of certainty (Study 2), control (Study 3), and responsibility (Study 4), the different effects between anger and fear on driving risk perception diminished or disappeared. In addition, fearful or angry experience mediated the effects of reappraisals on driving risk perception. Impact on industry: The findings highlight the necessity to differentiate anger and fear in road safety management. Additionally, the current research also provides feasible methods (e.g., certainty, control, or responsibility reappraisal) to intervene in driving risk perception, which is important for driving safety. (C) 2013 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.