Relationships between young drivers' personality characteristics, risk perceptions, and driving behaviour

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Machin, M Anthony ^a   Sankey, Kim S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Excitement Seeking; Risk perceptions; Speeding

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SEARCHING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALTRUISM; RISK PERCEPTIONS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 40149100166     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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