A Motivational Model of Driving Anger and Aggression
A Motivational Model of Driving Anger and Aggression
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C. Neighbors;Nathaniel A. Vietor;C. Knee
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C. Neighbors;Nathaniel A. Vietor;C. Knee
This article proposed a motivational model of driving anger and aggression, derived from self-determination theory, suggesting that trait motivation affects motivation in specific driving situations , which in turn predicts driving anger and subsequent aggression. Individuals higher in controlled orientation were predicted to experience more feelings of pressure and ego-defen-siveness while driving, leading to more anger and aggression. Participants included 111 individuals who kept structured daily records of all instances in which they experienced driving anger throughout a 10-day period. Participants reported experiencing anger on slightly more than a daily basis, on average, and responding with varying levels of aggression. Results provided strong support for the authors' motivational framework suggesting that individuals who generally feel controlled tend to experience more pressure and ego-defensiveness, which leads to more anger and aggression while driving. Aggressive driving has become an increasingly common occurrence (American Automobile Association, 1997). Although many states have responded by enacting legislation aimed at curtailing aggressive driving (Rathbone & Huckabee, 1999), research focusing on the etiology of aggressive driving and what makes some people more aggressive than others continues to be sparse. Previous efforts to identify predictors of driving anger and aggression have examined both situational and personality explanations but have typically been theoretically lean. The majority of research examining situations has explored the impact of traffic congestion or travel impedance, which is conceptually similar. The frustration aggression link (Dollard, Doob, Miller, Mowrer, & Sears, 1939) has been offered as a reasonable explanation for the link between traffic congestion and aggressive behavior (Shinar, 1998). More recent theoretical accounts of frustration-aggression suggest that the causal link between congestion and aggression is likely due to the activation of negative affect and anger (Berkowitz, 1993). In support of this perspective, traffic congestion and travel impedance have been linked to higher levels of aggressive driving Personality explanations of driving anger have tended to endorse a state-trait approach when explaining driving anger and aggression. Deffenbacher and colleagues have identified trait differences in driving anger (Deffenbacher, Oetting, & Lynch, 1994) and have shown that individuals who are higher in trait driving anger experience more frequent and intense anger, more aggressive and risky driving behavior, and have more accidents (Deffenbacher, Huff, Lynch, Oetting, & Salvatore, 2000). Similarly, trait differences in driving stress have been positively associated with state stress while driving (Hennessy & Wiesenthal, 1997, 1999). An extension of this approach is the notion that trait driving …