Driver irritation and aggressive behaviour

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1069-1077

  Björklund, Gunilla M ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Driver irritation; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CODES (SYMBOLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRIVER IRRITATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK-TAKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 42749087951     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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