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- Title
Role of Aggressive and Adaptive Anger Expression in Prediction of Accidents among Pakistani Drivers.
- Authors
Sadia, Rayna; Kamal, Anila; Jami, Humaira
- Abstract
This study aimed to predict the role of driving anger expressions in accidents among Pakistani drivers. Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX; Deffenbacher, Lynch, Oetting, & Swaim, 2002) was translated and adapted into Urdu through back translation. After a tryout on 30 drivers it was administered on 310 car-drivers (218 male and 86 female drivers) with an age range of 18-62 years (M= 32.68, SD=10.91). Six participants did not mention their gender. Inclusion criterion included minimum age of 18 years; when one can legally possess driving license, six months of driving experience with at least 6 hours of driving weekly. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated poor model fit for the original four factor structure of DAX and exploratory factor analysis supported two factors solution which were named as aggressive anger expression (α = .95) and adaptive / constructive anger expression (α = .81). Further, logistic regression analysis revealed predictive role of aggressive anger expression in road traffic accidents (RTAs). Age and driving experience had significant negative relationship with aggressive anger expression and significant positive relationship with adaptive / constructive anger expression. Findings also showed that Urdu version of DAX is a valid measure that can help in measuring anger expressions among drivers and its predictive role in traffic related incidents. Based on the findings future implications were discussed to reduce RTAs and other negative consequences of the expressions expressed in driving.
- Subjects
TRAFFIC accidents; AUTOMOBILE drivers; PAKISTANIS; ANGER; DRIVERS' licenses
- Publication
FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
1995-1272
- Publication type
Article