Attributions and personality as predictors of the road rage response

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-147

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Garrity, Michael J ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APTIMA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAGE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAGE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645907537     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466605X41355     Document Type: Article

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