Aggressive Driving Behavior, Anger Reduction Treatment

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Anjanappa, S., Govindan, R., Munivenkatappa, M., & Bhaskarapillai, B. (2023). Effectiveness of anger management program on anger level, problem solving skills, communication skills, and adjustment among school-going adolescents. Journal of education and health promotion, 12, 90. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1216_22

Besika A. (2023). An everlasting love: The relationship of happiness and meaning. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1046503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1046503

Di Giunta, L., Lunetti, C., Lansford, J. E., Eisenberg, N., Pastorelli, C., Bacchini, D., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Iselin, A. R., Basili, E., Gliozzo, G., Favini, A., Cirimele, F., & Remondi, C. (2023). Predictors and outcomes associated with the growth curves of self-efficacy beliefs in regard to anger and sadness regulation during adolescence: a longitudinal cross-cultural study. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1010358. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1010358

Gutiérrez-Cobo, M. J., Megías-Robles, A., Gómez-Leal, R., Cabello, R., & Fernández-Berrocal, P. (2023). Emotion regulation strategies and aggression in youngsters: The mediating role of negative affect. Heliyon, 9(3), e14048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14048

Haller J. (2022). Aggression, Aggression-Related Psychopathologies and Their Models. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 16, 936105. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.936105

Larsson, J., Bjureberg, J., & Hesser, H. (2023). Anger profiles among individuals seeking treatment for maladaptive anger: Associations with emotion regulation. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 30(3), 599-610. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2821

Richard, Y., Tazi, N., Frydecka, D., Hamid, M. S., & Moustafa, A. A. (2022). A systematic review of neural, cognitive, and clinical studies of anger and aggression. Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 1-13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03143-6

Shahamat Dehsorkh, F., Ghadirian, F., Yekta, Y., Yekta, R., Foroughipour, M., Ghazizadeh Hashemi, F., Esmaeili, M., & Khabazkhoob, M. (2023). Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Realms in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Their Comparison with Normal Individuals: A Look at Object Relations and Anger Management. Iranian journal of psychiatry, 18(1), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.18502/ijps.v18i1.11409

Stephens, A. N., Newnam, S., & Young, K. L. (2022). Preliminary evidence of the efficacy of the Reducing Aggressive Driving (RAD) program. Journal of safety research, 82, 438-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2022.07.011

Stephens, A.N., Collard, J. & Koppel, S. Don’t sweat the small stuff; anger rumination and lack of forgiveness are related to aggressive driving behaviours. Curr Psychol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04744-5

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Aston, E. R., Shannon, E. E., & Liguori, A. (2014). Anxiety, sedation, and simulated driving in binge drinkers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(2), 359–366. 

Braly, A. M., Parent, M. C., & DeLucia, P. R. (2018). Do threats to masculinity result in more aggressive driving behavior? Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 19(4), 540–546.

Brewster, S. E., Elliott, M. A., McCartan, R., McGregor, B., & Kelly, S. W. (2016). Conditional or unconditional? The effects of implementation intentions on driver behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 22(1), 124–133. 

Casini, E., Glemser, C., Premoli, M., Preti, E., & Richetin, J. (2021). The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies on the association between rejection sensitivity, aggression, withdrawal, and prosociality. Emotion. Advance online publication.

Chin, B., Lindsay, E. K., Greco, C. M., Brown, K. W., Smyth, J. M., Wright, A. G. C., & Creswell, J. D. (2019). Psychological mechanisms driving stress resilience in mindfulness training: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology, 38(8), 759–768.

Christ, N. M., Contractor, A. A., Wang, X., & Elhai, J. D. (2020). The mediating effect of rumination between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and anger reactions. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. 

Davies, P. T., Coe, J. L., Hentges, R. F., Sturge-Apple, M. L., & Ripple, M. T. (2018). Interparental hostility and children’s externalizing symptoms: Attention to anger as a mediator. Developmental Psychology, 54(7), 1290–1303.

de Ridder, D., van der Weiden, A., Gillebaart, M., Benjamins, J., & Ybema, J. F. (2020). Just do it: Engaging in self-control on a daily basis improves the capacity for self-control. Motivation Science, 6(4), 309–320.

Deffenbacher, J. L., Thwaites, G. A., Wallace, T. L., & Oetting, E. R. (1994). Social skills and cognitive-relaxation approaches to general anger reduction. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 41(3), 386–396.

Gilam, G., Abend, R., Shani, H., Ben-Zion, Z., & Hendler, T. (2019). The anger-infused Ultimatum Game: A reliable and valid paradigm to induce and assess anger. Emotion, 19(1), 84-96.

Halevy, N. (2017). Preemptive strikes: Fear, hope, and defensive aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112(2), 224–237.

Harmon-Jones, C., Hinton, E., Tien, J., Summerell, E., & Bastian, B. (2019). Pain offset reduces rumination in response to evoked anger and sadness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(6), 1189–1202.

Hewage, K., Steel, Z., Mohsin, M., Tay, A. K., De Oliveira, J. C., Da Piedade, M., Tam, N., & Silove, D. (2018). A wait-list controlled study of a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(3), 282–294.

Janssen, C. P., Iqbal, S. T., & Ju, Y.-C. (2014). Sharing a driver’s context with a caller via continuous audio cues to increase awareness about driver state. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(3), 270–284.

Kaß, C., Schmidt, G. J., & Kunde, W. (2019). Towards an assistance strategy that reduces unnecessary collision alarms: An examination of the driver’s perceived need for assistance.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(2), 91–302. 

Kuin, N. C., Masthoff, E. D. M., Nunnink, V. N., Munafò, M. R., & Penton-Voak, I. S. (2020). Changing perception: A randomized controlled trial of emotion recognition training to reduce anger and aggression in violent offenders. Psychology of Violence, 10(4), 400–410.

Liu, C., Moore, G. A., Beekman, C., Pérez-Edgar, K. E., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2018). Developmental patterns of anger from infancy to middle childhood predict problem behaviors at age 8. Developmental Psychology, 54(11), 2090–2100.

Lopez, L. D., Moorman, K., Schneider, S., Baker, M. N., & Holbrook, C. (2021). Morality is relative: Anger, disgust, and aggression as contingent responses to sibling versus acquaintance harm. Emotion, 21(2), 376–390.

Lutz, J., & Krahé, B. (2018). Inducing sadness reduces anger-driven aggressive behavior: A situational approach to aggression control. Psychology of Violence, 8(3), 358–366.

Massa, A. A., Eckhardt, C. I., Sprunger, J. G., Parrott, D. J., & Subramani, O. S. (2019). Trauma cognitions and partner aggression: Anger, hostility, and rumination as intervening mechanisms. Psychology of Violence, 9(4), 392–399

McGuirk, L., Kuppens, P., Kingston, R., & Bastian, B. (2018). Does a culture of happiness increase rumination over failure? Emotion, 18(5), 755–764.

McIntyre, K. M., Mogle, J. A., Scodes, J. M., Pavlicova, M., Shapiro, P. A., Gorenstein, E. E., Tager, F. A., Monk, C., Almeida, D. M., & Sloan, R. P. (2019). Anger-reduction treatment reduces negative affect reactivity to daily stressors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(2), 141–150.

Milyavskaya, M., Berkman, E. T., & De Ridder, D. T. D. (2019). The many faces of self-control: Tacit assumptions and recommendations to deal with them. Motivation Science, 5(1), 79–85.

Novaco, R. W., & Chemtob, C. M. (2015). Violence associated with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: The importance of anger. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 7(5), 485–492. 

Oishi, S., & Westgate, E. C. (2021). A psychologically rich life: Beyond happiness and meaning. Psychological Review. Advance online publication.

Park, Y. C., & Pyszczynski, T. (2019). Reducing defensive responses to thoughts of death: Meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(1), 101–118.

Rentrop, C. B. (2021). Review of Reducing Anger and Violence in Schools: An Evidence-Based Approach [Review of the book Reducing anger and violence in schools: An evidence-Based approach, by W. Ketterer]. Psychoanalytic Psychology. Advance online publication.

Röbbig, J., Erbey, M., Babayan, A., Reiter, A. M. F., Kumral, D., Schaare, H. L., Reinelt, J. D., Gaebler, M., Kunzmann, U., & Villringer, A. (2021). Anger regulation choice—The role of age and habitual reappraisal. Emotion. Advance online publication.

Sears, M. S., Repetti, R. L., Reynolds, B. M., & Sperling, J. B. (2014). A naturalistic observational study of children’s expressions of anger in the family context. Emotion, 14(2), 272–283.

Smith, T., Panfil, K., Bailey, C., & Kirkpatrick, K. (2019). Cognitive and behavioral training interventions to promote self-control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 45(3), 259–279.

Sprague, J., Verona, E., Kalkhoff, W., & Kilmer, A. (2011). Moderators and mediators of the stress-aggression relationship: Executive function and state anger. Emotion, 11(1), 61–73.

Strasshofer, D. R., Peterson, Z. D., Beagley, M. C., & Galovski, T. E. (2018). Investigating the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth following community violence: The role of anger. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10(5), 515–522. 

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Sundström, A. (2011). Using the rating scale model to examine the psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy Scale for Driver Competence. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 27(3), 164–170.

Taylor, J. E., Sullman, M. J. M., & Stephens, A. N. (2020). Measuring anxiety-related avoidance with the Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(1), 114–122.

Town, J. M., Falkenström, F., Abbass, A., & Stride, C. (2021). The anger-depression mechanism in dynamic therapy: Experiencing previously avoided anger positively predicts reduction in depression via working alliance and insight. Journal of Counseling Psychology. Advance online publication.

van der Ploeg, M. M., Brosschot, J. F., Quirin, M., Lane, R. D., & Verkuil, B. (2020). Inducing unconscious stress: Subliminal anger and relax primes show similar cardiovascular activity patterns. Journal of Psychophysiology, 34(3), 192–201.

Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (2017). The effects of motivational training on state anger and aggressive impulses among people varying in trait anger. Motivation Science, 3(4), 354–368.

Volk, A. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dane, A. V. (2021). Balance of power and adolescent aggression. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication.

Wainryb, C., Pasupathi, M., Bourne, S., & Oldroyd, K. (2018). Stories for all ages: Narrating anger reduces distress across childhood and adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1072–1085.

Wickens, C. M., Wiesenthal, D. L., Flora, D. B., & Flett, G. L. (2011). Understanding driver anger and aggression: Attributional theory in the driving environment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17(4), 354–370.

Wong, T. K. Y., Konishi, C., & Zhao, K. (2018). Anger and anger regulation among adolescents: A consideration of sex and age differences. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 50(1), 1–8.

Wrosch, C., Barlow, M. A., & Kunzmann, U. (2018). Age-related changes in older adults’ anger and sadness: The role of perceived control. Psychology and Aging, 33(2), 350–360.

Yang, F., Knobe, J., & Dunham, Y. (2021). Happiness is from the soul: The nature and origins of our happiness concept. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(2), 276–288.

Yong, J. C., Hartanto, A., & Tan, J. J. X. (2021). Subjective social status and inflammation: The role of culture and anger control. Health Psychology, 40(1), 62–70.  

Additional References:
Anderson, J. R., Stith, S. M., Johnson, M. D., Strachman-Miller, M. M., Amanor-Boadu, Y., & Linkh, D. J. (2013). Multi-couple group and self-directed prep formats enhance relationship satisfaction and improve anger management skills in Air Force couples. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 41(2), 121–133.

Arkowitz, H., & Lilienfeld, S. (2009). Road Warriors. Scientific American Mind, 20(2), 64.

Black, S., & Donald, R., & Henderson, M. (2005). A Guide to Controlling Anger. NHS Borders.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2004). Aggressive Driving Enforcement Evaluations of Two Demonstration Programs. U.S. Department of Transportation.

Nelson, A., & Adams, R., & Stevenson, M., & Weisbuch, M., & Norton, M. (2013). ApproachAvoidance Movement Influences the Decoding of Anger and Fear Expressions. Social Cognition, 31(6), 745-757.

Perissutti, C., & Barraca, J. (2013). Integrative behavioral couple therapy vs. traditional behavioral couple therapy: A theoretical review of the differential effectiveness. Clínica y Salud, 24(1), 11–18.

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Rognmo, K., Torvik, F. A., Idstad, M., & Tambs, K. (2013). More mental health problems after divorce in couples with high pre-divorce alcohol consumption than in other divorced couples: Results from the hunt-study. BMC Public Health, 13(1).

Stimpson, A., Kroese, B. S., MacMahon, P., Rose, N., Townson, J., Felce, D., Hood, K., Jahoda, A., Rose, J., & Willner, P. (2012). The experiences of staff taking on the role of lay therapist in a group-based cognitive behavioural therapy anger management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(1), 63–70.

Sukhodolsky, D. (2016). Behavioral Interventions for Anger, Irritability, and Aggression in Children and Adolescents.  Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 26(1), 58-64.

Tambling, R., & Wong, A., & Anderson, S. (2014). Expectations About Couple Therapy: A Qualitative Investigation. American Journal of Family Therapy. 42(1), 29-41.

Warren, N. (1983). Make Anger Your Ally: Harnessing Our Most Baffling Emotion. Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Wolfenden, L. (2009). Understanding Anger. Therapy Today, 20(1), 28.