Dimensionality and construct validity of a video-based, objective personality test for the assessment of willingness to take risks in road traffic

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 309-320

  Arendasy, Martin E ^a   Hergovich, Andreas ^a   Sommer, Markus ^a   Bognar, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 27744526930     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.1.309-320     Document Type: Article

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