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Psychological Reactions to the Drunk Driver: Associations With Intervention and Their Success 1
Author(s) -
Hernandez Anthony C. R.,
Newcomb Michael D.,
Rabow Jerome
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00108.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , drunk driving , social psychology , cognition , drunk drivers , applied psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency , psychiatry , medicine
Research on psychological factors in helping behavior has been undertaken primarily in laboratory settings. Although this work has been instrumental in identifying psychological factors that influence helping, their role in naturally occurring helping behavior, such as informal drunk‐driving intervention, is largely unknown. College students ( N = 192) completed a questionnaire that assessed 11 possible reactions to the drunk driving situation, types of interventions, and their success. Over half of the students (55%, N = 10) reported having intervened to prevent someone from driving drunk. Using structural modeling, we examined the effect of various emotions and affective and cognitive reactions on the frequency and success of different types of informal drunk‐driving intervention. Different reactions to the drunk driving situation influenced the number, type, and success of interventions used.