Risky and aggressive driving in young adults: Personality matters

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1323-1331

  Constantinou, Elena ^a   Panayiotou, Georgia ^a   Konstantinou, Nikos ^a   Loutsiou Ladd, Anthi ^a   Kapardis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Driving; Impulsivity; Inhibition; Sensation seeking; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

DRIVING; IMPULSIVITY; INHIBITION; SENSATION SEEKING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955577313     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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