Aggressive driving behaviors: Are there psychological and attitudinal predictors?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-161

  Miles, Donald E ^a   Johnson, Gregory L ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving behaviour; Attitude; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042709524     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(03)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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