Risk perception, risk taking, accident involvement and the need for stimulation

Safety Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 35-48

  Heino, Adriaan ^a   Van Der Molen, Hugo H ^a   Wilde, Gerald J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK TAKING; WILDE RISK HOMEOSTASIS THEORY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STIMULATION; THEORY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030086104     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-7535(96)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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