Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Aggress Behav. 2013 Jul-Aug;39(4):323-34. doi: 10.1002/ab.21484. Epub 2013 Apr 16.
The present studies examined the self-validating role of anger within provoking driving situations, using a scenario method. Specifically, we predicted that one reason for why individuals higher (rather than lower) in trait driving anger are more likely to aggress when provoked is because these individuals are more confident in their thoughts resulting from the provocation. Higher thought confidence, in turn, may influence the amount of anger experienced and the extent to which the anger translates into aggressive behavior. Study 1 found that participants higher in driving anger were more confident in their thoughts in a provoking situation and their thought confidence mediated the effect of trait driving anger on anger in response to the provocation. Using a manipulation of consistency, Study 2 found that thought confidence mediated the influence of anger on aggressive driving intentions, but only for individuals higher in driving anger. The current research adds to the growing work examining a new mechanism by which emotion (e.g., anger) can affect behavior.
本研究采用情景法考察了愤怒在诱发驾驶情境中的自我验证作用。具体而言，我们预测，在受到挑衅时，特质性驾驶愤怒程度较高（而非较低）的个体更有可能表现出攻击性，原因之一是这些个体对挑衅所产生的想法更有信心。反过来，较高的思维信心可能会影响所经历的愤怒程度，以及愤怒转化为攻击性行为的程度。研究 1 发现，驾驶愤怒程度较高的参与者在诱发情境中对自己的想法更有信心，并且思维信心中介了特质性驾驶愤怒对愤怒反应的影响。在使用一致性操纵的研究 2 中，发现思维信心中介了愤怒对攻击性驾驶意图的影响，但仅对驾驶愤怒程度较高的个体。本研究增加了越来越多的关于情绪（例如愤怒）如何影响行为的新机制的研究。
