Driving violations, aggression and perceived consensus

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  King, Y ^a   Parker, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DBQ violations; Driver aggression; Hostile attributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349110079     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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