A Study on the Relationship Between Personality and Driving Styles

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 346-352

  Poó, Fernando Martín ^a   Ledesma, Ruben Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

age; driving style; gender; multidimensional; personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875820003     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.717729     Document Type: Article

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