Symmetric relationship between self and others in aggressive driving across gender and countries

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-239

  Özkan, Türker ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^a   Parker, Dianne ^b   Sümer, Nebi ^a   Summala, Heikki ^c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Anger; Other drivers; Perception; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TURKEY;

EID: 77953574919     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389581003788864     Document Type: Article

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