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Passion for Driving and Aggressive Driving Behavior: A Look at Their Relationship |
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| Authors: | Frederick L. Philippe Robert J. Vallerand Isabelle Richer ÉVelyne Vallières Jacques Bergeron |
| Affiliation: | 1. Research Laboratory on Social Behavior University of Québec at Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada;2. University of Montréal Montréal, Québec, Canada;3. Télé‐University Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Abstract: | The purpose of the present research was to investigate the relationship between passion for driving and aggressive driving behavior in 3 studies. Study 1 examined the association between passion and aggressive driving behavior in a sample of undergraduate students. Results showed that an obsessive passion for driving was associated with aggressive driving behavior, while harmonious passion was not. Study 2 replicated these results with an ecologically valid sample of community‐dwelling drivers. Finally, Study 3 replicated the results obtained in Studies 1 and 2 in a laboratory setting using a driving simulator under controlled frustrating driving situations with judges' assessment of aggressive driving behavior. Study 3 also showed that the emotion of anger mediated the obsessive‐passion/aggressive‐driving‐behavior relationship. |
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