Promoting drivers' compliance with speed limits: Testing an intervention based on the theory of planned behaviour

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-132

  Elliott, Mark A ^a   Armitage, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449085494     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X318626     Document Type: Article

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