Experimental effects of injunctive norms on simulated risky driving among teenage males

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 616-627

  Simons Morton, Bruce G ^a   Bingham, C Raymond ^b   Falk, Emily B ^c   Li, Kaigang ^a   Pradhan, Anuj K ^b   Ouimet, Marie Claude ^d   Almani, Farideh ^b   Shope, Jean T ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Randomized trial; Risk behavior; Social influence; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; FRIEND; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER ACCEPTANCE; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED LIGHT; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NORM; TIME; YOUNG ADULT; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL NORMS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903608925     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034837     Document Type: Article

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