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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462908903321

Autore

Lin Yusheng <1976->

Titolo

Aggressive driving [[electronic resource] ] : insights derived from psychology's general aggression model / / Yusheng Lin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2013

ISBN

1-59332-717-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

363.12/51

Soggetti

Aggressive driving

Aggressiveness

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lin uses two separate studies with independent samples and different measures to explore how self-control personality traits - sensation seeking, impulsivity, CFC, and anger/temper arousal - relate to risky driving and aggressive driving within the framework of the GAM. He extends low self-control theory by demonstrating how the personality traits involved in this construct are associated with criminal/analogue deviant behaviors. The findings not only validate the meditational model of the GAM, but also imply that it could serve as a useful framework to study violent/property crime in future r