Multidimensional Traffic Locus of Control Scale (T-LOC): Factor structure and relationship to risky driving

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 533-545

  Özkan, Türker ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Locus of control; Traffic accidents; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944233518     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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