Psychiatric and behavioral problems in aggressive drivers

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1467-1484

  Malta, Loretta S ^a,b   Blanchard, Edward B ^a   Freidenberg, Brian M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressive driving; Driving anger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24644521456     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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