The role of psychological resilience in driving anger expression: The mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation

IF 3.5 2区工程技术 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI:10.1016/j.trf.2024.09.016

Tingzhen Wang , Yan Ge , Weina Qu

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Abstract

Emotions that occur while driving, especially anger, can significantly impact driving-related safety. Due to the potential risks of aggressive driving behaviour, which include hazardous driving and traffic accidents, it is important to explore strategies to effectively manage anger, thereby enhancing driving-related safety. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among psychological resilience, cognitive emotional regulation, driving anger, and the expression of driving anger. A total of 350 drivers (aged 21–50 years) completed online questionnaires, including the Connor–Davidson Psychological Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), the Driving Anger Scale (DAS), and the Driver Anger Expression Inventory (DAX). The results indicated that a higher level of psychological resilience is associated with a greater tendency to employ positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and a greater tendency to exhibit more adaptive expressions of driving anger. In contrast, a lower level of psychological resilience is associated with negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies, resulting in elevated levels of driving anger and a higher frequency of nonadaptive expressions. Additionally, cognitive emotion regulation mediated the relationship between psychological resilience and driving anger. These findings suggest that drivers with high levels of psychological resilience and those who engage in effective cognitive emotion regulation strategies are more likely to remain calm in irritating driving situations, thereby enhancing overall driving-related safety.

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心理复原力对愤怒表达的推动作用：认知情绪调节的中介效应

驾驶时产生的情绪，尤其是愤怒，会严重影响驾驶安全。由于攻击性驾驶行为具有潜在风险，包括危险驾驶和交通事故，因此探索有效管理愤怒情绪的策略，从而提高驾驶安全非常重要。本研究旨在探讨心理弹性、认知情绪调节、驾驶愤怒和驾驶愤怒表达之间的关系。共有 350 名驾驶员（21-50 岁）完成了在线问卷调查，包括康纳-戴维森心理弹性量表（CD-RISC）、认知情绪调节问卷（CERQ）、驾驶愤怒量表（DAS）和驾驶员愤怒表达量表（DAX）。结果表明，心理复原力水平越高，越倾向于采用积极的认知情绪调节策略，越倾向于表现出更多适应性的驾驶愤怒表达。相反，较低的心理复原力则与消极的认知情绪调节策略有关，导致驾驶愤怒水平升高和非适应性表达的频率增加。此外，认知情绪调节对心理复原力与驾驶愤怒之间的关系起到了中介作用。这些研究结果表明，心理适应能力强的驾驶者和采用有效认知情绪调节策略的驾驶者更有可能在令人恼火的驾驶环境中保持冷静，从而提高与驾驶相关的整体安全性。

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Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Multiple-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

14.60%

发文量

239

审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour focuses on the behavioural and psychological aspects of traffic and transport. The aim of the journal is to enhance theory development, improve the quality of empirical studies and to stimulate the application of research findings in practice. TRF provides a focus and a means of communication for the considerable amount of research activities that are now being carried out in this field. The journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, psychologists, ergonomists, engineers and policy-makers with an interest in traffic and transport psychology.