The speeding attitude scale and the role of sensation seeking in profiling young drivers at risk

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 811-820

  Whissell, Robert W ^a   Bigelow, Brian J ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Driving; Risk; Scale; Sensation seeking; Speeding; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; PUBLIC RISKS; STUDENTS;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 0041663900     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00358     Document Type: Review

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