Evidence that changes in social cognitions predict changes in self-reported driver behavior: Causal analyses of two-wave panel data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 905-916

  Elliott, Mark A ^a   Thomson, James A ^a   Robertson, Kirsty ^a   Stephenson, Carry ^b   Wicks, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MVA Consultancy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Causal analysis; Cognition change; Panel design; Speeding; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-CHANGE; CAUSAL ANALYSIS; COGNITION-CHANGE; PANEL DESIGN; SPEEDING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

SURVEYS;

FORECASTING;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870290447     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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