The validity of self-reported driver competence: Relations between measures of perceived driver competence and actual driving skill

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-163

  Sundström, Anna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driving skill; Self assessment; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SKILLS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SELF ASSESSMENT; SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS; SELF-REPORT; VALIDITY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 79951682527     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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