The role of anger rumination as a mediator in the relationship between driver moral disengagement and driving angry

In this essay, two studies are conducted to explore the impact of moral disengagement and anger rumination on driving anger. Study 1 utilizes a driving simulation to investigate whether moral disengagement and anger rumination act as psychological triggers for driving anger in real-time, and the psychological factors that contribute to aggressive driving in various road situations. Building upon Study 1, Study 2 employs a questionnaire to examine the relationship between driving anger, moral disengagement, and anger rumination. The findings indicate that moral disengagement and anger rumination are psychological factors contributing to driving anger in real-time. Specifically, anger rumination significantly contributes to the development of driving anger in three traffic scenarios: vehicle reversal, stopping in front of a vehicle, and pedestrians crossing the road. Furthermore, moral disengagement and anger rumination together predict driving anger in the scenario of lane jumping. It is also revealed that anger rumination fully mediates the relationship between moral disengagement and driving anger.本文开展两项实证研究，探讨道德脱离（moral disengagement）与愤怒反刍（anger rumination）对驾驶愤怒（driving anger）的影响。研究1采用驾驶模拟器（driving simulation），实时探究道德脱离与愤怒反刍是否为驾驶愤怒的心理触发动因，同时剖析不同道路场景下促发攻击性驾驶（aggressive driving）的心理变量。基于研究1的研究框架，研究2采用问卷调查法，考察驾驶愤怒、道德脱离与愤怒反刍三者间的内在关联。研究结果表明，道德脱离与愤怒反刍均为实时诱发驾驶愤怒的心理动因。具体而言，愤怒反刍在三类交通场景中可显著促发驾驶愤怒，分别为车辆逆行、在其他车辆前方违规停车以及行人横穿道路。此外，在强行变道（lane jumping）场景中，道德脱离与愤怒反刍可共同预测驾驶愤怒的产生。同时研究还发现，愤怒反刍在道德脱离与驾驶愤怒的关联中发挥完全中介效应。