TY - JOUR
T1 - Reckless driving and gender
T2 - An examination of a Terror Management Theory explanation
AU - Taubman Ben-Ari, Orit
AU - Findler, Liora
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - A study, based on Terror Management Theory, examined the effects of mortality salience on young men's and women's behavioral intentions to drive recklessly. Participants (N = 206) reported on the relevance of driving to their self-esteem. Half of them were exposed to a mortality salience induction and the remaining to a control condition. Then they were asked about their willingness to drive recklessly in various scenarios. Findings showed that mortality salience led to higher intentions to drive recklessly than the control condition only among men who perceived driving as relevant to their self-esteem. No such differences were found among women. Results are discussed in light of the self-enhancing and cultural-worldviews-validating mechanisms proposed by the Terror Management Theory.
AB - A study, based on Terror Management Theory, examined the effects of mortality salience on young men's and women's behavioral intentions to drive recklessly. Participants (N = 206) reported on the relevance of driving to their self-esteem. Half of them were exposed to a mortality salience induction and the remaining to a control condition. Then they were asked about their willingness to drive recklessly in various scenarios. Findings showed that mortality salience led to higher intentions to drive recklessly than the control condition only among men who perceived driving as relevant to their self-esteem. No such differences were found among women. Results are discussed in light of the self-enhancing and cultural-worldviews-validating mechanisms proposed by the Terror Management Theory.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0042697328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07481180302898
DO - 10.1080/07481180302898
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C2 - 12962125
AN - SCOPUS:0042697328
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 27
SP - 603
EP - 618
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 7
ER -