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Item Open Access Retaliatory Aggressive Driving: A Justice Perspective(2015-01-26) Wright Roseborough, James Everett; Wiesenthal, David L.Aggressive driving behaviours such as rude hand gestures, horn honking, tailgating, or causing damage to another vehicle continue to be a threat to motorist well-being. Based on the General Aggression Model and the attribution-of-blame model of injustice, the current study developed and tested a model of aggressive driving that included individual differences and cognitions related to the perception of injustice, driving anger, and retaliatory aggressive driving. A sample of 269 undergraduate students viewed five animated unjust driving scenarios and responded to items assessing cognitive, emotional, and behavioural responses. Results supported a model of aggressive driving suggesting that the belief in an unjust world contributes to perceptions of injustice via sensitivity to unjust events, and from perceptions of injustice to retaliatory aggressive driving via driving anger. Results also provided support for an attribution model of perceptions of injustice and provided a unique investigation of these attributions and perceptions in the driving environment. The current study also developed and found support for a new measure of driving justice sensitivity that may prove to be useful for future driving research. As a whole, this study provides a unique examination retaliatory aggressive driving, and data that can contribute to driving training programs to help reduce driving aggression.Item Open Access Wisdom and Post-Transgression Responses: A Cognitive and Behavioural Perspective(2018-03-01) Tehrani, Amirnikan Eghbali; Struthers, C. WardDespite psychologys renewed interest in the ancient notion of wisdom, few studies have examined how wisdom influences victims post-transgression responses (PTRs). It was hypothesized that wiser (vs. low-wisdom) victims of transgressions would respond to an interpersonal transgression using more forgiveness and inhibition, and less grudge, revenge, and behavioural aggression (hypothesis 1). It was also predicted that the relation between victims wisdom and their PTRs would depend on the intent of the transgressor (unintentional, intentional) (hypothesis 2). Results (N = 137) confirmed that wisdom was associated with higher forgiveness, and lower unforgiveness. However, wisdom did not predict inhibition and behavioural aggression. In addition, the interaction between victims wisdom and transgressors intent predicted forgiveness and grudge, but not inhibition, revenge, and behavioural aggression. A reconciliation index was also predicted by wisdom directly, and by the interaction of wisdom and intent. Overall, wiser individuals appear to be more prosocial following a transgression.