01665nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001900118653001900137653001400156653001100170653001500181100003000196700002900226700002600255700002800281245012800309300001200437490000700449520093900456022001401395020001401409       2015                            d  c07/2015bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aaccident rates10aAggressiveness10aprosocial10aStress10awell being1 aGabriel Dorantes-Argandar1 aErika Anaí Cerda-Macedo1 aFrancisco Tortosa-Gil1 aJavier Ferrero Berlanga00aRoad aggressiveness as a predictor of stress and prosocial behavior, and its influence on Mexican drivers’ accident rates  a207-2170 v213 aThe aim of this paper is to study the relationship between aggressiveness, prosocial behavior, stress and accident rates of drivers in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos. Two previously validated scales were used to evaluate stress and aggressiveness in drivers and a new scale was composed to evaluate prosocial behavior while driving. A small questionnaire was designed to determine some particularities of traffic accidents in order to determine accident rates. Findings point that aggressiveness is a complex phenomenon from a psychosocial point of view, due to the fact that it predicts a higher level of stress and lower levels of prosocial behavior. It is concluded that traffic accidents reflect a problem that is of a psychosocial nature, due to the nonlinear relationship that these variables share, which may be produced by other factors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437