Can we trust self-reports of driving? Effects of impression management on driver behaviour questionnaire responses

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Lajunen, Timo ^a   Summala, Heikki ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour questionnaire; Public private settings; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043210650     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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