TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Territorial Markings As a Predictor of Driver Aggression and Road Rage
JO  - Journal of applied social psychology
A1  - Szlemko, William J.
A1  - Benfield, Jacob A.
A1  - Bell, Paul A.
A1  - Deffenbacher, Jerry L.
A1  - Troup, Lucy
SP  - 1664
EP  - 1688
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - Aggressive driving has received substantial media coverage during the past decade. We report 3 studies testing a territorial explanation of aggressive driving. Altman (1975) described attachment to, personalization of, and defense of primary territories (e.g., home) as being greater than for public territories (e.g., sunbathing spot on a beach). Aggressive driving may occur when social norms for defending a primary territory (i.e., one's automobile) become confused with less aggressive norms for defending a public territory (i.e., the road). Both number of territory markers (e.g., bumper stickers, decals) and attachment to the vehicle were significant predictors of aggressive driving. Mere presence of a territory marker predicts increased use of the vehicle to express anger and decreased use of adaptive/constructive expressions.<p />
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SN  - 0021-9029
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00364.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -