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The measures utilized included personality scales, a risk perception scale and a prosocial and aggressive driving behaviour scale.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A moderated mediation model was established. The effects of normlessness\/anger on prosocial driving behaviour are mediated by risk perception. Risk perception has a stronger promoting effect on the prosocial driving behaviour of male drivers (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic> = 0.358, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01) than it does on that of female drivers (<jats:italic>b<\/jats:italic> = 0.072, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &gt; 0.05). The effects of normlessness\/anger on the aggressive driving behaviour of both male and female drivers are also mediated by risk perception. Moreover, gender plays a moderating role in the influences of personality and risk perception on aggressive driving behaviour. 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