Citation

Nesbit SM, Conger JC, Conger AJ. Aggress. Violent Behav. 2007; 12(2): 156-176.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081, United States

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.avb.2006.09.003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between anger and aggressive driving. It was hypothesized that: 1) there is a significant positive relationship between anger and aggressive driving; 2) this relationship systematically differs based on whether anger is trait-based, state/mood-based, or situation-specific; 3) this relationship also varies depending on the mode of measurement; and 4) the relationship between specific anger type and aggressive driving is heterogeneous. The three types of anger are described within the context of state-trait theory and a quantitative analysis was conducted using meta-analytic techniques. Results indicate that anger is generally associated with aggressive driving; however, subtypes of anger do not differentially predict negative driving outcomes. Findings are discussed from theoretical and psychometric perspectives.