The development, validation, and application of a video-based technique for measuring an everyday risk-taking behavior: Drivers' speed choice

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 977-985

  Horswill, Mark S ^a   McKenna, Frank P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; RISK-TAKING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033255996     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.6.977     Document Type: Article

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