Anger amongst Turkish drivers: Driving Anger Scale and its adapted, long and short version

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-144

  Yasak, Yesim ^a   Esiyok, Burcu ^b  

^a TSOF Psikoteknik: Driver Selection and Rehabilitation Center   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anger; DAS; Driver anger; Driving behaviour; Road rage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WARFARE; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

ANGER; DAS; DRIVER ANGER; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; ROAD RAGE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CAR DRIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 57049131631     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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