The effects of dispositional attachment orientations and contextual priming of attachment security on reckless driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-138

  Taubman Ben Ari, Orit ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment style; Reckless driving; Security priming

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTACHMENT STYLES; RECKLESS DRIVING; SECURITY PRIMING;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 33845335511     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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