Social status and aggression

A field study analyzed by survival analysis

authored by

Andreas Diekmann, Monika Jungbauer-Gans, Heinz Krassnig, Sigrid Lorenz

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in Germany to explore whether driver characteristics and the social status of cars are related to an aggressive response. Drivers waiting at a traffic light (N = 57) were blocked by an experimental car. The amount of time that elapsed until the drivers responded by honking their horns or beaming their headlights was recorded, and bivariate and multivariate methods of survival analysis were used to analyze the data. The status of the blocked cars was positively correlated with the tendency toward an aggressive response.

External Organisation(s)

University of Bern
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
University of Bamberg

Type

Article

Journal

Journal of Social Psychology

Volume

136

Pages

761-768

No. of pages

8

ISSN

0022-4545

Publication date

01.12.1996

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1996.9712252 (Access: Closed)