Anxiety and performance in the British driving test

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-52

  Fairclough, Stephen H ^a   Tattersall, Andrew J ^a   Houston, Kim ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Driver behaviour; Driver training; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; PERSONNEL TESTING; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

ANXIETY; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; MOCK DRIVING TEST;

DRIVER TRAINING;

EID: 29644433761     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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