Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire

Traffic, the expression of anger is often an environment that we come across. When the anger of the individual to consider the negative impact they have on traffic, the evaluation of the different components related to the driver anger and their measurement is of utmost importance. The main purpose...

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Main Authors: Ayşegül DURAK BATIGÜN, Yeşim Yasak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2017-01-01
Series:Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/559
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description Traffic, the expression of anger is often an environment that we come across. When the anger of the individual to consider the negative impact they have on traffic, the evaluation of the different components related to the driver anger and their measurement is of utmost importance. The main purpose of this study, which has been developed in relation to anger thinking in traffic "Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire" (DATQ) by the Turkish version is to achieve the reliability and validity findings. For this purpose between 20-62 years old, with a driver's license and drive a vehicle at least one year 127 women (42.8%) and 170 men (57.2%) accounted for a total of 297 people, including sample. In this study, it was used Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire (DATQ) as well as Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX) and Driving Anger Scale (DAS) as an instruments. As a result of factor analysis "judgmental thinking," "revenge thinking" "positive coping thinking", "aggressive thinking" and "pejorative labeling thinking" were obtained, including a five-factor structure. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficients of this factor subscales ranged from .86 to .95. Scale item-total correlations and split-half reliability coefficients were also high. All results obtained are discussed in the light of the literature.
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spelling doaj.art-5d319679033c49ebac0ac9ec69ecbea32023-12-02T22:44:49ZengAnkara UniversityAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi2459-01502017-01-01551190Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts QuestionnaireAyşegül DURAK BATIGÜN0Yeşim Yasak1Ankara Üniversitesi. batigun@ankara.edu.trAnkara Üniversitesi. yesimyasak@yahoo.comTraffic, the expression of anger is often an environment that we come across. When the anger of the individual to consider the negative impact they have on traffic, the evaluation of the different components related to the driver anger and their measurement is of utmost importance. The main purpose of this study, which has been developed in relation to anger thinking in traffic "Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire" (DATQ) by the Turkish version is to achieve the reliability and validity findings. For this purpose between 20-62 years old, with a driver's license and drive a vehicle at least one year 127 women (42.8%) and 170 men (57.2%) accounted for a total of 297 people, including sample. In this study, it was used Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire (DATQ) as well as Driving Anger Expression Inventory (DAX) and Driving Anger Scale (DAS) as an instruments. As a result of factor analysis "judgmental thinking," "revenge thinking" "positive coping thinking", "aggressive thinking" and "pejorative labeling thinking" were obtained, including a five-factor structure. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficients of this factor subscales ranged from .86 to .95. Scale item-total correlations and split-half reliability coefficients were also high. All results obtained are discussed in the light of the literature.http://dtcfdergisi.ankara.edu.tr/index.php/dtcf/article/view/559TrafikÖfkeSürücü Öfke Düşünceleri
spellingShingle Ayşegül DURAK BATIGÜN
Yeşim Yasak
Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi
Trafik
Öfke
Sürücü Öfke Düşünceleri
title Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire
title_full Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire
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title_short Turkish Adaptation of Driver’s Angry Thoughts Questionnaire
title_sort turkish adaptation of driver s angry thoughts questionnaire
topic Trafik
Öfke
Sürücü Öfke Düşünceleri
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