Does traffic congestion increase driver aggression?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-236

  Lajunen, Timo ^a   Parker, Dianne ^a   Summala, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cross cultural; Driver behaviour questionnaire; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013292703     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(00)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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