Study Results from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Provide New Insights into Risk Management (Masculinity, Femininity, and Angry Drivers: Masculinity and Femininity As Moderators Between Driver Anger and Anger Expression …): Risk Management

2021 NOV 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Risk Management is now available. According to news originating from Trondheim, Norway, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “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.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), “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.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The results suggest that masculinity and femininity moderate the relationship between driving anger and the expression of driving anger among young drivers.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Masculinity, Femininity, and Angry Drivers: Masculinity and Femininity As Moderators Between Driver Anger and Anger Expression Style Among Young Drivers. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021;161:106347. Accident Analysis & Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis & Prevention - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Timo Lajunen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dept. of Psychology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway. Additional authors for this research include Pelin Deniz, Turker Ozkan and Esma Gaygisiz.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106347. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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