Dwelling on 'Road Rage': The effects of trait rumination on aggressive driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-218

  Suhr, Kyle A ^a   Nesbit, Sundé M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Anger rumination; Driving anger; Rumination; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; ANGER RUMINATION; DRIVING ANGER; RUMINATION; TRAIT ANGER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84886674441     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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