Personality and attitudes as predictors of risky driving among older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 318-324

  Lucidi, Fabio ^a   Mallia, Luca ^a,b   Lazuras, Lambros ^a   Violani, Cristiano ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Movement Human and Health Sciences University of Rome ^*  (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errors; Lapses; Older drivers; Personality; Risky driving; Traffic violations

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; ERRORS; SURVEYS;

LAPSES; OLDER DRIVERS; PERSONALITY; RISKY DRIVING; TRAFFIC VIOLATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY;

EID: 84907356135     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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