Highlights ► Distress tolerance is the ability to experience and endure negative emotional states. ► Distress tolerance predicted hurried driving in a sample of college students. ► Hurried driving was associated with risky driving and reported traffic citations. ► Hurried driving was associated with frustration and impatience with other drivers. ► Campaigns are needed to reduce these negative reactions of high risk drivers.
Abstract Being a hurried driver is associated with a variety of risky driving behaviors, yet the mechanisms underlying this behavior remain unknown. Distress tolerance, defined as an individual's capability to experience and endure negative emotional states, was examined as a predictor of hurried driving among 769 college students. Results indicate that after controlling for age, gender, race, ethnicity, the student's year in school, their grade point average, driving frequency, angry driving, aggressive driving as well as other forms of self-reported risky driving; hurried driving was significantly associated with lower levels of distress tolerance. Hurried drivers also reported greater levels of frustration and impatience with other drivers, suggesting that they have difficulty in withstanding or coping with negative psychological states when driving. Traditional traffic safety campaigns that emphasize enforcement may be less successful with these drivers. The need to develop campaigns that address the affective coping abilities that contribute to this behavioral pattern is discussed.
Hurried driving: Relationship to distress tolerance, driver anger, aggressive and risky driving in college students
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 51 ; 51-55
2012-10-18
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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