A perceptual map for understanding concern about unsafe driving behaviours

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1667-1673

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a   Simpson, Herb ^a   Robertson, Robyn ^a  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandwagon effect; Concern; Multidimensional scaling; Perceptual map; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; MAPS; MATERIALS HANDLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

BANDWAGON EFFECT; CELL PHONES; CONCERN; DRINKING AND DRIVING; DROWSY DRIVING; ILLEGAL DRUGS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; ONTARIO , CANADA; PERCEIVED RISKS; PERCEPTION MODELING; PERCEPTUAL MAP; RANDOM SAMPLES; SAFE DRIVING; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; TELEPHONE SURVEYS; TWO DIMENSIONS; UNSAFE DRIVING;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49949107758     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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