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Understanding the Growing Role of Driving Anger in the Risk of Traffic Incidents involving Vietnamese Motorcyclists
Bui Trung Hiep; Cools, Mario; Saadi, Ismaïl et al.
2022In Traffic Injury Prevention, 23 (5), p. 215-220
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Keywords :
Driving anger; Vietnam motorcyclist; traffic safety; Driving Anger Scale (DAS); Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX)
Abstract :
[en] Objective This study validates the Vietnamese versions of the Driving Anger Scale and Driving Anger Expression Inventory, two prominent instruments for determining driving anger proneness and expression. Using these scales, the authors investigate the relationships between driving anger and motorcyclists' on-road risks in Vietnam. Methods Factor analyses are conducted to explore the dimensional constructs of the two scales with a dataset of 960 Vietnamese motorcyclists. The t-tests were applied to assess the differences in driving anger levels between motorcyclists' subgroups. Negative binomial regression is used to predict the probability of motorcyclists' traffic incidents based on driving anger factors and individual differences. Results The Vietnamese Driving Anger Scale has three factors, including Hostile gestures (α=.78), Unpleasant conditions (α=.80), and Traffic violations (α=.74). Hostile gestures elicit the most driving anger among Vietnamese motorcyclists. Besides, females report higher propensities for driving anger than males over three anger-provoking factors. The Driving Anger Expression Inventory has a two-factor structure, including Aggressive expressions (α=.83) and Adaptive expressions (α=.74). Vietnamese motorcyclists are more prone to have adaptive expressions than aggressive expressions when angry on-road. The regression results reveal the significant effects of gender and two factors of the Driving Anger Expression Inventory on the probability of traffic incidences. Females have considerably fewer traffic accidents and offenses than males. Besides, the number of minor crashes and violations grows by 1.54 and 1.93 times with each unit rise of the Aggressive expressions factor. Increasing adaptive expression level is associated with a decrease in the numbers of major crashes and offenses (40% and 19% less, respectively). Conclusions This study provides insights into driving anger in Vietnam, a motorcycle-dominant country. The findings corroborate the Vietnamese versions of the Driving Anger Scale and Driving Anger Expression Inventory, which contributes to understanding the formation and expression of driving anger and its roles in predicting driving outcomes. Furthermore, the higher on-road risks of males and motorcyclists with more aggressive expressions are highlighted. Generally, enhancing the risk perception about driving anger and promoting the advantages of on-road adaptive expressions may significantly reduce traffic issues in Vietnam.
Disciplines :
Business & economic sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Bui Trung Hiep  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering  ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté des Sciences Appliquées > Doct. art bâtir & urba. (FSA -paysage) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté des Sciences Appliquées > Form. doct. art bâtir & urba. (FSA - paysage ) ; University of Economics - The University of Danang > Business Administration Department
Cools, Mario  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering  ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité
Saadi, Ismaïl ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering  ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > LEMA (Local environment management and analysis)
Katrien Torfs;  Statistics Belgium
Moeinaddini, Mehdi ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering  ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité
Language :
English
Title :
Understanding the Growing Role of Driving Anger in the Risk of Traffic Incidents involving Vietnamese Motorcyclists
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Traffic Injury Prevention
ISSN :
1538-9588
eISSN :
1538-957X
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom
Volume :
23
Issue :
5
Pages :
215-220
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
WBI - Wallonie-Brussels International [BE]
Funding number :
Project 2.17
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