@article{ref1,
title="Reckless driving and gender: an examination of a terror management theory explanation",
journal="Death studies",
year="2003",
author="Taubman-Ben-Ari, O. and Findler, L.",
volume="27",
number="7",
pages="603-618",
abstract="A study, based on Terror Management Theory, examined the effects of mortality salience on young mend and women behavioral intentions to drive recklessly. Participants (N = 206) reported on the relevance of driving to their self-esteem. Half of them were exposed to a mortality salience induction and the remaining to a control condition. Then they were asked about their willingness to drive recklessly in various scenarios. <br><br>FINDINGS showed that mortality salience led to higher intentions to drive recklessly than the control condition only among men who perceived driving as relevant to their self-esteem. No such differences were found among women. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed in light of the self-enhancing and cultural-worldviews-validating mechanisms proposed by the Terror Management Theory.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481180390220799",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481180390220799"
}