TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krahe, Barbara
T1  - Gendered self-concept and the aggressive expression of driving anger
BT  - Positive Femininity Buffers Negative Masculinity
JF  - Sex roles
N2  - The aggressive expression of driving anger is a risk factor for aggressive and dangerous driving behavior and is associated with a greater risk of accident involvement. The present study related positive and negative facets of a masculine and feminine self-concept to aggressive and adaptive forms of anger expression while driving. A sample of 417 drivers (194 women, 46.5%) in Germany completed the Positive-Negative Sex Role Inventory (PN-SRI) as a measure of positive and negative masculinity and femininity and the Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX) as a measure of driving anger expression. Aggressive forms of expressing driving anger were unrelated to gender but differed significantly in relation to gendered self-concept. Negative but not positive masculinity was found to predict higher aggressive and lower adaptive anger expression. No main effects of positive or negative femininity were found. However, the link between negative masculinity and aggressive anger expression was buffered by positive femininity: Negative masculinity was unrelated to aggressive anger expression when accompanied by positive femininity. Adaptive anger expression showed negative links with negative masculinity and positive links with positive masculinity. The findings held for both men and women and support the theoretical distinction between positive and negative facets of the gendered self-concept. The implications for the conceptualization of both gendered self-concept and anger expression on the road are discussed.
KW  - Gendered self-concept
KW  - Driving anger
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Femininity
KW  - Aggression
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0853-9
SN  - 0360-0025
SN  - 1573-2762
VL  - 79
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 98
EP  - 108
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -