JOURNAL ARTICLE

Empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking as mediators between primary psychopathic traits and driving behaviors in French driving offenders.

  • Published In: Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2023, v. 79, n. 3. P. 886 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Karras, Marion; Csillik, Antonia; Delhomme, Patricia 3 of 3

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the links between primary psychopathic traits and driving behavior on the one hand, and driving anger expression on the other hand, through the specific contribution of empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking, in a sample of French driving offenders. Methods: One thousand six hundred and eighty‐six driving offenders completed a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire during 110 drivers' rehabilitation programs. Results: Primary psychopathic traits were positively associated with violations and aggressive driving anger expression, and negatively associated with prosocial driving behaviors. These associations were partially mediated by empathy, impulsiveness, and sensation seeking. In addition, the negative relation between primary psychopathic traits and adaptive anger expression was fully mediated by these three personal dispositions. Conclusion: Low empathy, high impulsiveness and sensation seeking are important characteristics of driving offenders with high psychopathic traits. Our results provide a better understanding of French driving offenders' risky behaviors and the role of primary psychopathic traits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of Clinical Psychology. 2023/03, Vol. 79, Issue 3, p886
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0021-9762
  • DOI:10.1002/jclp.23447
  • Accession Number:161826277
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