Personality Characteristics and Traffic Accidents of College Students

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-169

  Smith, Danielle L ^a,b   Heckert, Teresa M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Risk seeking; Self esteem; Self destructiveness; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038087930     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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