Personality predictors of speeding in young drivers: Anger vs. sensation seeking
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Among personality factors, sensation seeking and anger are themain predictors of voluntary risky behaviors. The studies that compare the impact of these factors show that anger is a greater predictor of voluntary riskydrivingbehaviors than sensation seeking.However, these studies usually average data from several risky behaviors, and it is possible that analyzing data from individual risky behaviorswould yield different results. Speeding in particular correspondsmore closely to the definition of sensation seeking than anger, and should be influenced more strongly by sensation seeking than anger. To test this hypothesis we conducted two studies among French young drivers (n1 = 143; n2 = 2038), where we asked participants the speed theywoulddrive at in a given situation or the likelihood theywould commit speeding, and used scales specific to driving situations to measure anger and sensation seeking with. Both studies reveal that driving sensation seeking is a better predictor of speeding than driving anger or either of its factors. The implications of these results are discussed. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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