Authors : Nusa Erman, Tea Golob, Dejan Jelovac and Primoz Rakovec
Abstract: The purpose of our study is to research the relation among internal dialogue and aggressive driving. We assumed the following: during driving, the driver is aware of the internal dialogue; internal dialogue of aggressive driver is negative and negative internal dialogue increases aggressive driving of car drivers. With the purpose of answering the set questions and to check presumptions in our study we describe various theories of aggressive behaviour and internal dialogue, influence factors and differences in occurrence of both constructs. Further, we connect and present internal dialogue and aggressive driving within the theoretical model of impact of internal dialogue on aggressive driving. Connectedness of internal dialogue and aggressive driving is also checked using survey with a population sample of 727 Slovenian drivers. The results of the survey show that to a great extend drivers are aware of internal dialogue during driving that internal dialogue coinfluences the emergence of aggressive driving and that internal dialogue of aggressive drivers is negative.
Nusa Erman, Tea Golob, Dejan Jelovac and Primoz Rakovec, 2020. The Impact of Internal Dialogue on Aggressive Driving. The Social Sciences, 15: 119-127.