Stereotype threat increases the likelihood that female drivers in a simulator run over jaywalkers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 667-674

  Yeung, Nai Chi Jonathan ^a   von Hippel, Courtney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision; Driving behavior; Female drivers; Stereotype threat; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

FEMALE DRIVERS; JAYWALKERS; STEREOTYPE THREAT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COERCION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 40149094773     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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