Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Accid Anal Prev. 2021 Oct;161:106347. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106347. Epub 2021 Aug 14.
Driver anger and its expression are among the most studied topics in traffic safety literature. However, the function of gender roles, i.e., masculinity and femininity, in driving anger experience and expression has remained mainly unexplored. The present study investigates the association between driving anger and gender roles on the expression of anger among young drivers. Three hundred seventy-nine young drivers filled a questionnaire including the Driving Anger Scale, Bem Sex Roles Inventory, Driving Anger Expression Inventory, and demographic information. Moderated regression analyses showed that masculine gender role and anger provoked by other road users' discourtesy were positively and femininity negatively related to verbal aggression while driving. Anger related to police presence, slow driving, and masculine gender role were positively related to gesture-based and vehicle-based expression of driver aggression. Hostility and feminine gender role were negatively related to the gesture-based expression of driver aggression, while anger related to witnessing illegal driving and feminine gender role were negatively related to the vehicle-based expression of aggression. The interaction effects between masculinity and hostility, masculinity and slow driving, and femininity and illegal driving were also found on the gesture-based expression of driver aggression. The effects of interaction between masculinity and slow driving and femininity and illegal driving were also found on the vehicle-based expression of driver aggression. Slow driving and femininity had a positive relationship to the adaptive expression of anger in driving. The results suggest that masculinity and femininity moderate the relationship between driving anger and the expression of driving anger among young drivers.
驾驶员的愤怒及其表现是交通安全文献中研究最多的话题之一。然而，性别角色（即男性气质和女性气质）在驾驶愤怒体验和表达中的作用在很大程度上仍未得到探索。本研究调查了驾驶愤怒与性别角色之间的关系，以了解年轻驾驶员愤怒表达的情况。379 名年轻驾驶员填写了一份问卷，其中包括驾驶愤怒量表、贝姆性别角色量表、驾驶愤怒表达量表和人口统计信息。调节回归分析表明，男性气质性别角色和其他道路使用者不礼貌引起的愤怒与驾驶时的言语攻击呈正相关，而女性气质性别角色则与之呈负相关。与警察在场、驾驶缓慢和男性气质性别角色相关的愤怒与手势和车辆表达的驾驶员攻击性呈正相关。敌意和女性气质性别角色与手势表达的驾驶员攻击性呈负相关，而与目睹非法驾驶和女性气质性别角色相关的愤怒与车辆表达的攻击性呈负相关。还发现了男性气质和敌意、男性气质和驾驶缓慢以及女性气质和非法驾驶之间的交互效应，这些效应与手势表达的驾驶员攻击性有关。还发现了男性气质和驾驶缓慢以及女性气质和非法驾驶之间的交互效应，这些效应与车辆表达的驾驶员攻击性有关。驾驶缓慢和女性气质与愤怒的适应性表达呈正相关。结果表明，男性气质和女性气质调节了年轻驾驶员驾驶愤怒与愤怒表达之间的关系。
