Can the traffic locus of control (T-LOC) scale be successfully used to predict Swedish drivers' speeding behaviour?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1113-1117

  Warner, Henriette Wallén ^a   Özkan, Türker ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External; Internal; Locus of control; Speeding; T LOC

Indexed keywords

FACTOR STRUCTURE; LOCUS OF CONTROL; SPEED LIMIT;

FORECASTING; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955317907     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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