Personality factors as predictors of persistent risky driving behavior and crash involvement among young adults

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 376-381

  Gulliver, Pauline ^a   Begg, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 37749020685     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.015925     Document Type: Article

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