Duygu Düzenleme Stratejileri ve Sürücü Öfke İfadeleri: Cinsiyetin Düzenleyici Rolü
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Driving Anger Expression: The Moderating Role of Gender

Summary/Abstract: The current study investigated the relationship between emotion regulation strategies (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and suppression) and driving anger expression. This study also investigated the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and driving anger expression. The participants were 325 drivers (132 females, 193 males) ranging from 18 to 63 years in age, who had a driving license and had been actively driving for at least one year. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Driver Anger Expression Inventory were used in this study. The results showed that cognitive reappraisal was positively associated with adaptive/constructive expression, while suppression was negatively associated with this expression. There was a marginally significant moderating effect of gender on the relationship between cognitive reappraisal and total aggressive expression index. Despite being insignificant, there was a tendency that, as cognitive reappraisal increases, total aggressive expression index decreases in only female drivers. In addition, there was a tendency for the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between suppression and total aggressive expression index. In male drivers, suppression was positively associated with total aggressive expression index (verbal, body, vehicle expression), but not in female drivers. The strengths, limitations, and contributions of this study are discussed in the light of the relevant literature.

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