Risk attitudes and behavior among Norwegian adolescents : The effects of a behavior modification program and a traffic safety campaign

European Psychologist

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-38

  Iversen, Hilde ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a   Klempe, Hroar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitude campaign; Behavior modification; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444485671     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.10.1.25     Document Type: Article

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