Street racing video games and risk-taking driving: An Internet survey of automobile enthusiasts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Vingilis, Evelyn ^a   Seeley, Jane ^a   Wiesenthal, David L ^b   Wickens, Christine M ^c   Fischer, Peter ^d   Mann, Robert E ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Internet survey; Risk taking driving; Street racing; Video games

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; RACING AUTOMOBILES; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDES; INTERNET SURVEY; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; RISK TAKING; SEQUENTIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; VIDEO GAME; VIDEO GAME PLAYING; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84868257581     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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