Self-reported driving behaviors as a function of trait anxiety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-245

  Shahar, Amit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Driving fear; Risky driving

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABERRANT DRIVING BEHAVIORS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS OF DRIVING BEHAVIORS; ANXIETY; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRES; DRIVING BEHAVIORS; DRIVING FEAR; LOW LEVELS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RISKY DRIVING; WORKING MEMORIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749121416     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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