Traffic Crimes and risky driving: The role of personality and driving anger

Abstract The current study aims to examine the influence of personality traits (alternative Zuckerman model) and driving anger in explanation risky style individuals convicted for road safety offences (N = 245), using as a basis an adaptation context-mediated model. This is transversal, descriptive designed be implemented by means surveys, which took part 245 men from five prisons Galicia (a region northwestern Spain) part. average age participants was 38.73 years (Sx-9.61), with range between 18 64 years. All had three or more experience. Our data shows that Impulsive-Sensation Seeking (Imp-SS) trait direct positive effect on dangerous driving, while Activity (Act) but negative effect. Aggression-Hostility (Agg-Host) trait, turn, influenced style, not directly, raising levels, so it acted powerful mediator (Agg-Hos) style. In general, our research partially replicates expands previous findings regarding model used, aggression-hostility placed distal context, proximal were predictors. results this may have practical implications detection rehabilitation offenders penalties offences.