Development and validation of the traffic displaced aggression questionnaire |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, Spain;2. University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Faculty of Psychology, Iasi, Romania;1. Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J1P3, Canada;2. Department of Transportation Engineering, Averroes Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Toronto, ON M4A2N8, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B2K3, Canada;4. Department of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B2K3, Canada;1. CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China;2. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, United States;2. Center for Health and Safety Culture, Montana State University, United States;1. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia;2. Interdisciplinary Pain Palliative and Support Care Service, Integrative Medicine (UIC22), Nantes University Hospital Center, Therapeutic Laboratory (EA 3826), France;3. University of Toulouse, CLLE, UMR-CNRS 5263, Toulouse, France;4. TS2-LESCOT, University of Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, University of Lyon, F-69675 Lyon, France |
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| Abstract: | Displaced aggression is defined as the aggression conducted against someone or something that is not considered to be the trigger of the emotional state of the aggressor. Whereas it has been deeply studied in a general context, to date, very few studies have analysed it in the specific context of driving. Considering the inexistence of instruments to assess it, the aim of the current research was to develop and validate a self-report in order to assess displaced aggression in the driving context. A sample of 467 participants (66.8% female, Mage = 34.74) filled in a set of questionnaires including the 29 items that were designed to assess traffic displaced aggression, as well as other instruments measuring different ways of expressing both general and driving aggression. The results of both Parallel Analysis (PA, sub-sample 1) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA, sub-sample 2) showed a good fit of the two-factor model, retaining 20 out of the initial 29 items. The first factor was labelled as Displaced aggression due to the anger generated outside the vehicle (6 items, α = 0.83), whereas the second factor was labelled as Displaced aggression due to the anger generated inside the vehicle (14 items, α = 0.91). Both factors, as well as the total score, showed good results regarding convergent and divergent validity. Practical implications of the results, future research lines and limitations of the current study are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Displaced aggression Driving anger Driving aggression TDAQ |
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