Traffic crash involvement: Experiential driving knowledge and stressful contextual antecedents

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-26

  Legree, Peter J ^a   Heffner, Tonia S ^a   Psotka, Joseph ^a   Martin, Daniel E ^a,c   Medsker, Gina J ^b  

^a US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

^b HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c Alinea Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EDUCATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037304097     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.88.1.15     Document Type: Article

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