Provoked driver aggression and status: A field study

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-179

  McGarva, Andrew R ^a   Steiner, Michelle ^a  

^a DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Driver behavior; Field experiment; Gender differences; Horn honking; Physiological arousal; Provocation; Road rage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000100907     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(00)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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