Citation

Millar M. Pers. Individ. Dif. 2007; 43(8): 2116-2126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2007.06.037

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examined how anger interacted with public self-consciousness to influence aggressive driving. It was hypothesized that when people were angry, more aggressive driving behavior would occur when public self-consciousness was low than when public self-consciousness was high. To test this hypothesis the participants were required to complete measures of driving anger and public self-consciousness. Then participants gave a retrospective self-report of aggressive driving behavior. Further, participants were required to keep a log in which they recorded aggressive driving behavior. The results supported the prediction. Public self-consciousness interacted with anger to influence aggression while driving.