?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Road+Rage+Menace%3A+A+Cross-sectional+Study+to+Assess+Driver+Anger+Level+in+Public+Motor+Vehicle+Drivers+in+a+City+in+Central+India&rft.creator=Dixit%2C+S&rft.creator=Deepa%2C+R&rft.creator=Bhagwat%2C+AK&rft.creator=Mehto%2C+AK&rft.creator=Chouhan%2C+AS&rft.creator=Nema%2C+A&rft.creator=Upadhyay%2C+A+&rft.creator=Solanki%2C+A&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+Road+rage+and+aggressive+driving+is+a+prevalent+condition+in+today%E2%80%99s+society+due+to+motorists%E2%80%99+frustrations+during+heavy+traffic+volumes.+Objective%3A+This+study+was+done+to+assess+the+level+of+anger+amongst+the+drivers+of+public+transport+vehicles+in+Indore%2C+using+Driving+Anger+Scale+(DAS+by+Deffenbacher+et.+al.)+and+various+factors+affecting+it.+Material+and+Methods%3A+A+cross-sectional+study+was+conducted+among+135+drivers+of+Public+transport+vehicle+drivers+(Star+bus%2C+City-van+and+star+cab+drivers)+in+Indore+to+assess+their+anger+level+using+Driving+Anger+Scale.+The+participants+were+required+to+record+the+amount+of+anger+they+would+experience+in+response+to+each+item+in+the+scale+(1%3Dnot+at+all+angry%2C+2%3Da+little+angry%2C+3%3Dsome+anger%2C+4%3Dmuch+anger%2C+5%3Dvery+much+angry).+Results%3A+The+mean+DAS+score+in+Indore+was+found+to+be+3.013+and+in+the+three+organizations+namely+Star+bus+drivers%2C+City+van+drivers+and+Star+cab+drivers+was+2.92%2C+3.08+and+3.04+respectively.+The+DAS+score+of++drivers+with+respect+to+the+6+sub-scales+were%3A+hostile+gestures+(Star+bus+-3.42%2CCity+van+-3.67%2CStar+cab+-3.38)%2C+slow+driving+(Star+bus+-2.73%2CCity+van+driv-2.78%2CStar+cab-3.17)%2C+traffic+obstructions+(Star+bus-2.85%2CCity+van+-3.25%2CStar+cab-3.18)%2C+discourtesy+(Star+bus+-3.23%2CCity+van-3.33%2CStar+cab+-3.25)and+police+presence+(Star+bus+-2.15%2CCity+van+-1.99%2CStar+cab+-2.78)%2C+illegal+driving+(Star+bus+-3.04%2CCity+van+-3.14%2CStar+cab+-2.89).+The+DAS+scores+of+the+drivers+did+not+vary+significantly+with+age+group%2C+experience%2C+and+educational+qualification.+Conclusion%3A+Though+DAS+scores+did+not+vary+between+the+three+groups+of+drivers%2C+however+average+level+anger+++for+various+given+circumstances+commonly+found+in+the+Indian+traffic+scenario+was+on+the+higher+side.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7964%2F1%2F2011-2-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dixit%2C+S+and+Deepa%2C+R+and+Bhagwat%2C+AK+and+Mehto%2C+AK+and+Chouhan%2C+AS+and+Nema%2C+A+and+Upadhyay%2C+A++and+Solanki%2C+A++(2011)+Road+Rage+Menace%3A+A+Cross-sectional+Study+to+Assess+Driver+Anger+Level+in+Public+Motor+Vehicle+Drivers+in+a+City+in+Central+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7964%2F