Aggressive driving is an aberrant, complex, and resilient road behaviour. The concept of how people perceive mental processes has been shown to have a strong influence over how well emotion is regulated. This study aimed to develop and validate a new self-report measure of beliefs, the (BDAQ), that can predict mental processes known to be associated with driver aggression (i.e., anger rumination and anger). Two distinct Australian samples ( = 294; 165) completed online surveys regarding demographics, anger-related beliefs, self-regulatory ability, anti-social traits, and anger-related tendencies. Analyses were then implemented to test the internal and external validity of the measure. Specifically, principal components analysis and a subsequent confirmatory factor analysis revealed that five prominent beliefs emerged: positive beliefs about the utility of rumination and anger, negative beliefs about the controllability of rumination and anger, and antisocial beliefs about anger expression. Reliability tests showed that the subscales all demonstrated a sound internal consistency (α = 0.72 to 0.85). Bivariate correlations revealed evidence for concurrent validity, as the BDAQ subscales were positively associated with existing measures of metacognitive beliefs, self-regulatory dysfunction, anti-social traits, anger rumination, trait driver anger, and driver aggression. Finally, path analysis was used to test the predictive utility of the BDAQ and the associated theory behind the measure. The results showed that the BDAQ subscales both uniquely and indirectly influenced and explained sizeable portions of the variance in anger rumination (54.3%), driver anger (49.6%), and driver aggression (38.7%). Overall, the BDAQ appears to be a valid self-report measure of anger-related beliefs and is associated with psychological phenomena that underlie aggressive driving behaviour. The measure can therefore be used to better understand driver anger and how to intervene on the potentially dangerous behaviours that follow.

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驾驶员愤怒信念问卷的开发和验证：预测道路上愤怒倾向的量表

攻击性驾驶是一种异常、复杂且有弹性的道路行为。人们如何感知心理过程的概念已被证明对情绪的调节程度有很大影响。这项研究旨在开发和验证一种新的自我报告信念测量（BDAQ），它可以预测已知与驾驶员攻击性（即愤怒沉思和愤怒）相关的心理过程。两个不同的澳大利亚样本（= 294；165）完成了有关人口统计、与愤怒相关的信念、自我调节能力、反社会特征和与愤怒相关的倾向的在线调查。然后进行分析以测试该措施的内部和外部有效性。具体来说，主成分分析和随后的验证性因素分析表明，出现了五种突出的信念：关于沉思和愤怒的效用的积极信念，关于沉思和愤怒的可控性的消极信念，以及关于愤怒表达的反社会信念。信度检验表明，各分量表均表现出良好的内部一致性（α = 0.72 至 0.85）。双变量相关性揭示了并发有效性的证据，因为 BDAQ 分量表与元认知信念、自我调节功能障碍、反社会特征、愤怒沉思、特质驾驶员愤怒和驾驶员攻击性的现有测量呈正相关。最后，使用路径分析来测试 BDAQ 的预测效用以及该测量背后的相关理论。结果表明，BDAQ 分量表独特且间接地影响并解释了愤怒沉思 (54.3%)、驾驶员愤怒 (49.6%) 和驾驶员攻击性 (38.7%) 的很大一部分方差。总体而言，BDAQ 似乎是衡量愤怒相关信念的有效自我报告指标，并且与攻击性驾驶行为背后的心理现象相关。因此，该措施可用于更好地了解驾驶员的愤怒以及如何干预随之而来的潜在危险行为。