Traffic congestion, driver stress, and driver aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 409-423

  Hennessy, Dwight A ^a   Wiesenthal, David L ^a  

^a York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Automobile driving; Stress; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248033     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1999)25:6<409::AID-AB2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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