Gender and age-related differences in attitudes toward traffic laws and traffic violations

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-135

  Yagil, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Normative motivation; Traffic laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000368631     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(98)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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