A quantitative review of the relationship between anger and aggressive driving

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-176

  Nesbit, Sundé M ^a   Conger, Judith C ^a   Conger, Anthony J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Driving anger; State trait anger theory

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHARACTER STATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; MOOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33847014520     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2006.09.003     Document Type: Review

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