Attentional control, high intensity pleasure, and risky pedestrian behavior in college students

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 658-661

  Schwebel, David C ^a   Stavrinos, Despina ^a   Kongable, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; College students; High intensity pleasure; Injuries; Pedestrian; Personality; Safety; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; COLLEGE STUDENTS; HIGH INTENSITY PLEASURE; INJURIES; PEDESTRIAN; PERSONALITY; SAFETY; TEMPERAMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MOTORS; STUDENTS; VEHICLES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849107167     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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