Reckless driving behaviour of youth: Does locus of control influence perceptions of situational characteristics and driving behaviour?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 987-995

  Taris, Toon W ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Bok Taris Psychological Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving behaviour; Locus of control; Situational characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521526     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00126-8     Document Type: Article

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