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Convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of aggressive driving inventories: they drive as they live
Author(s) -
Van Rooy David L.,
Rotton James,
Burns Tina M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.20113
Subject(s) - aggression , discriminant validity , psychology , aggressive driving , anger , convergent validity , poison control , confirmatory factor analysis , trait , predictive validity , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , linear discriminant analysis , social psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , statistics , medical emergency , computer science , medicine , structural equation modeling , mathematics , internal consistency , programming language
The authors hypothesized that aggressive driving is indicative of a more general trait that leads individuals to behave aggressively in different situations. This hypothesis was tested by having 85 male and 237 female undergraduates complete the Aggression Questionnaire, three measures of aggressive driving (the Driver Anger Scale, Driver Vengeance Questionnaire, and Driving Behavior Inventory), and questions about violating traffic laws. High correlations among the aggressive driving inventories provided evidence for the convergent validity, but a confirmatory factor analyses raised questions about the discriminant validity of aggressive driving inventories. The inventories did not attain significance in hierarchical analyses of traffic violations that controlled for gender, driving experience, and measures of trait aggression. It is concluded that there is little unique about aggressive driving and that individuals drive as they live. Aggr. Behav. 32:89–98, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.