The impact of different styles of traffic safety advertisement on young drivers' explicit and implicit self-enhancement biases

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-167

  Sibley, Chris G ^a   Harré, Niki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Implicit attitudes; Self enhancement; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

DANGEROUS DRIVINGS; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; IMPLICIT ATTITUDES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS; REACTION-TIME TASK; SELF ENHANCEMENTS; SELF-ENHANCEMENT BIAS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 58849148472     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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