The Influence of Just-World Beliefs on Driving Anger and Aggressive Driving Intentions

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 389-402

  Nesbit, Sundé M ^a   Blankenship, Kevin L ^b   Murray, Renee A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Angry thoughts; Belief in a just world; Driver aggression; Driving anger; General aggression model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84865297420     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21439     Document Type: Article

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