"Getting around town": A preliminary investigation of the theory of planned behavior and intent to change driving behaviors among older adults

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-398

  Lindstrom Forneri, Wendy ^a   Tuokko, Holly ^a   Rhodes, Ryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Driving behavior; Older drivers; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34447343582     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464807304573     Document Type: Article

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