TITLE:
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Group Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy as a Treatment for Driving Anger and Aggression in Iranian Taxi Drivers
AUTHORS:
Toktam Kazemeini, Bahramali Ghanbari-e-Hashem-Abadi, Asieh Safarzadeh
KEYWORDS:
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Group Therapy; Cognitive-Behavior Group Therapy; Driving Anger and Aggression
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.4 No.8,
July
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: The frequent experience of anger while driving is
associated with great rates of aggressive and dangerous behaviors. The
experience of anger driving can have repercussions that extend beyond the
vehicle and can be harmful to the individual driver and other drivers that are
in the same road. Thus, the present research aims to compare the effectiveness
of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Group Therapy (MBCGT) with Cognitive-Behavior
Group Therapy (CBGT) on reducing anger and aggression while driving. The experimental
design was pretest, posttest and follow up with randomized assignment. The
sample of this study included 20 male taxi drivers who were selected through
accessible sampling and participated voluntarily in the research. Participants
were randomly divided into two experimental groups. The first experimental
group received MBCGT and CBGT was conducted in the second experimental group.
Both groups were tested three times (i.e., pretest, posttest, and one-month
follow-up). The study tools used were Driving Anger Scale (DAS) and Driving
Anger Expression questionnaire (DAX). Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software
with covariance analysis. The results showed that MBCGT in comparison to CBGT
led to significant reduction in driving anger, aggressive expression of driving
anger and significant increase in adaptive/constructive expression of driving
anger. These findings have been discussed theoretically and their importance in
clinical importance.