Driver personality and anthropomorphic attributions of vehicle personality relate to reported aggressive driving tendencies

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Benfield, Jacob A ^a   Szlemko, William J ^a   Bell, Paul A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Anthropomorphism; Driving; Personality; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751167865     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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