Instrumental and Hostile Behavior: Factors Affecting Aggressive Driving

Document Type : Research Article

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Transportation Department, Faculty of Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.

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Aggressive driving is perceived by many users as one of the most important problems in driving. Aggressive driving is crucial problem in Iran and also in many other countries. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Shinar’s conceptual model and assess effect of the theory of planned behavior subsets on aggressive driving behavior with questionnaire and determine the index for aggressive driving behavior. We assessed drivers’ behavior with questionnaire which included 54 questions and was randomly distributed among 400 drivers. Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equations model and regression were used to analyze the data. Demographic variable, theory of planned behavior and Shinar’s model variable were considered in this study. The personality traits did not play a role in explaining the drivers’ aggressive behavior. The subjective norm, and perceived behavior control are related directly to the drivers’ aggressive behavior. Drivers' demographic characteristics were analyzed with regression and they had not played any role in aggressive behavior. Also, the attitude had the greatest impact from which it can be stated that the theory of planned behavior has an indirect effect on the aggressive behavior. The present study has identified that theory of planned behavior components were directly associated with aggressive driving behavior.

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AUT Journal of Civil Engineering

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 12 July 2024

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