The incremental validity of the dark triad in predicting driving aggression

Burtăverde, Vlad; Chraif, Mihaela; Aniţei, Mihai; Mihăilă, Teodor

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.027

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“…Considering these variables together allowed us to replicate and extend previous findings, thus adding to the literature the influence of personality traits in dangerous driving. In our results, we found that the most consistent predictors of the dangerous driving were the subclinical variations of narcissism and psychopathy, physical aggression, and anger, replicating previous findings (Bogdan et al, 2016;Burtăverde et al, 2016;Bushman et al, 2018;Lajunen & Parker, 2001). We discuss our findings in more detail below.…”

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“…Common traffic situations, such as provoking other drivers, obstructing passages or disturb other road users in other ways, may cause an aggressive reaction of narcissists (Burtăverde et al, 2016;Edwards et al, 2013;Przepiorka, Blachnio, & Wiesenthal, 2014).…”

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“…Narcissism also predicted negative cognition and emotion when driving, including anger while driving, which can be understood as a potential response to the perceived source of transgression (Hennessy, 2016). Given that people with narcissistic traits can also be exhibitionists (Raskin & Terry, 1988), they might use the traffic as a place to display their abilities or talents to impress others, for example through risky driving (Burtăverde et al, 2016).…”

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“…Specifically, even after controlling for the Big Five, the Dark Triad traits were still positively related to dangerous driving, with psychopathy being the strongest predictor. However, Burtăverde et al (2016) did not test whether the Dark Triad is associated with involvement in accidents. Several studies focused on one or two traits of the Dark Triad separately.…”

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Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

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Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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The present study tested the role of various personality traits in explaining dangerous driving and involvement in accidents, using a contextual mediated model (N = 311). We initially found direct effects of personality traits on dangerous driving indicators (Big-5, Dark Triad, sensation seeking, aggression, and impulsivity). Subsequently, personality variables with predictive power were tested in the mediation model. Indirect effects of anger, psychopathy and sensation seeking on the history of involvement in traffic accidents were found, which was predicted directly by risky driving. The results are discussed based on the characteristics of each trait. Overall, our research replicates and extends previous findings and highlights the importance of psychological evaluations (e.g., personality test) when prospective drivers are applying for a driver license.

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Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

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“…Psychopathy refers to callous behavior towards others, and can include impulsivity and low remorse [75]. The Dark Triad has previously been applied primarily in the psychology literature, and it is used to explain situations, such as bullying [76] and aggression [77]. Also, the attribute of sensation seeking, which might be considered as another aspect of narcissism, has been associated with risk-taking in skateboarding [78].…”

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Why Do Workers Take Safety Risks?—A Conceptual Model for the Motivation Underpinning Perverse Agency

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Pearse

2018

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Exposure to chronic harm is difficult to manage and prevent in industry. There is a need to better understand the state of mind when workers disregard safety processes and expose themselves to this type of risk. This paper develops a theoretical model of the reason why workers voluntarily expose themselves to occupational health and safety (OHS) hazards. This Risk, Agency, and Safety & Health (RASH) model proposes that people willingly expose themselves to chronic injuries via a series of risk-taking processes. This causal chain starts with personal motivation and over-alignment with organisational purpose (including impression management). Ideally, that motivation would be moderated by an ability to predict future harm consequences from the task at hand, but that mechanism is weak because it is difficult to predict cause and effect, the consequences are too far in the future, and the opportunities for vicarious learning are few. The motivation then causes misdirected creativity, hence the development of personally novel ways of solving the problem, albeit with greater risk of harm. Perverse agency then sustains actions that exposure the person to harm. Original contributions are the provision of a detailed explanation for risk-taking, and the integration of multiple well-established psychological constructs.

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Empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking as mediators between primary psychopathic traits and driving behaviors in French driving offenders

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Objective The aim of this study was to examine the links between primary psychopathic traits and driving behavior on the one hand, and driving anger expression on the other hand, through the specific contribution of empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking, in a sample of French driving offenders. Methods One thousand six hundred and eighty‐six driving offenders completed a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire during 110 drivers' rehabilitation programs. Results Primary psychopathic traits were positively associated with violations and aggressive driving anger expression, and negatively associated with prosocial driving behaviors. These associations were partially mediated by empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking. In addition, the negative relation between primary psychopathic traits and adaptive anger expression was fully mediated by these three personal dispositions. Conclusion Low empathy, high impulsiveness and sensation seeking are important characteristics of driving offenders with high psychopathic traits. Our results provide a better understanding of French driving offenders' risky behaviors and the role of primary psychopathic traits.

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The incremental validity of the dark triad in predicting driving aggression

Cited by 36 publications

References 64 publications

Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

Personality, dangerous driving, and involvement in accidents: Testing a contextual mediated model

Why Do Workers Take Safety Risks?—A Conceptual Model for the Motivation Underpinning Perverse Agency

Empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking as mediators between primary psychopathic traits and driving behaviors in French driving offenders

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