Mobile phone use while driving: Predicting drivers' answering intentions and compensatory decisions

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-149

  Zhou, Ronggang ^a   Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Zhuang, Damin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Answering intention; Compensatory behavioural decisions or intentions; Hands free and handheld mode; Mobile phone use while driving; The theory of planned behaviour (TPB)

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; ANSWERING INTENTION; COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOURAL DECISIONS OR INTENTIONS; HANDHELDS; HANDS-FREE; PERCEIVED RISK; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PREDICTIVE VARIABLES; REGRESSION MODEL; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR;

MOBILE PHONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE SETS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CAR DRIVING; COMPENSATORY DECISION; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 80053184130     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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