A cross-cultural analysis of aggressive driving: Evidence from Serbia and Romania |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Psychology Department, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania;2. Polytechnic School of Vocational Studies, Uroševac (Leposavić), Serbia;3. Department of Transport, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia;1. The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel;2. School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, Australia;1. Driving Research Group, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK;2. Laboratory of Industrial and Human Automation Control, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Valenciennes University, Valenciennes, France;3. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia;1. Safety Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Turkey;2. Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey;3. Department of Psychology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey;4. Department of Psychology, İzmir Bakırçay University, Turkey;5. Traffic Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland;6. Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia;7. R.S.I. Road Safety Institute “Panos Mylonas”, Greece;8. Kosovo Association of Motorization, Belgium;9. Kazan Federal University, Russia;1. Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Lin Cui Road, ChaoYang, Beijing 100101, PR China;2. Department of Psychology, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Hai Dian, Beijing 100871, PR China;3. School of Business, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Using data from more than 700 drivers from Serbia and Romania, this study verified the dimensionality of aggressive driving in two countries from Eastern Europe. Specifically, the psychometric properties and invariance of the Romanian Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX; Deffenbacher et al., 2002, Sârbescu, 2012) were verified. Secondary aspects, such as differences in aggressive driving between countries or gender differences within countries, were also investigated. Our findings support the appropriateness of the three-factor structure in both countries, through the configural invariance of the DAX. Also, males report slightly higher levels of aggressive driving than women (small effect sizes), while Serbian drivers report higher levels of aggressive driving than Romanian drivers (strong effect sizes). Being the first research that verified the invariance of the DAX across two cultures, this study opens new paths and questions for research concerning aggressive driving. |
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| Keywords: | Aggressive driving Cross-cultural DAX Eastern Europe |
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