Social desirability effects in driver behavior inventories

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-106

  Af Wahlberg A E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident; Crash; Methodology; Self report; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DRIVER TRAINING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT; CRASH; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SELF-REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IMPLICATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 83055187082     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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