Determinants of safety priorities in transport - The effect of personality, worry, optimism, attitudes and willingness to pay

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 848-863

  Moen, Bjørg Elin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Optimism; Personality; Priorities; Traffic safety; Worry

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL THEORY; NEGATIVE ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RISK BEHAVIOR; SAFETY PRIORITIES; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORWAY; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC; TRANSPORT STRESS;

EID: 34447625192     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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