Driving locus of control and driving behaviors: Inducing change through driver training

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-368

  Huang, Jason L ^a   Ford, J Kevin ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver training; Driving behavior; Driving locus of control; Feedback; Locus of control; Motivation to learn; Pretraining self efficacy; Training

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DRIVER TRAINING; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SAFETY; DRIVING TRAININGS; IMPACT DRIVING; INFLUENCE DOMAINS; LOCUS OF CONTROL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84859444124     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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