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The paper discusses the history of the term 'road rage' and its three major contributing factors of demographics, environmental factors and personality types. The paper looks at the statistics on road rage and discusses intermittent explosive disorder (IED), an impulse control disorder, as a cause of road rage. The writer of the paper concludes with a personal perspective on road rage and ways to address its incidence.

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"There are three major contributing factors to road rage. They are demographics, situations or environmental factors, and personality types (Sharkin, 2004). Each of these factors can contribute to road rage behavior. For example, situations such as traffic jams and traffic congestion can lead to road rage behavior in some drivers; they simply become overly angry at the situation and take out their frustration on another driver. Driving is also a stressful environment, and stress can lead to road rage, too."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coccaro, E. F. (Ed.). (2003). Aggression: Psychiatric assessment and treatment. New York: Marcel Dekker.
• Editors. (2007). Rage on the road. Retrieved 9 Feb. 2009 from Road and Travel.com Web site: http://www.roadandtravel.com/safetyandsecurity/2007/road-rage.htm.
• Pauken, H. (2004, May). Hit the road, George. The American Prospect, 15, 8.
• Rosenberg-Javors, I. (2006). Road rage. Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, 9(4), 36.
• Schuchardt, R.M. (2001) Understanding road rage. Retrieved 9 Feb. 2009 from the New York University Web site: http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/counterblast/issue1_nov01/articles/schuchardt.html.

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