Using travel socialization and underlying motivations to better understand motorcycle usage in Taiwan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-220

  Chang, Hsin Li ^a   Lai, Chi Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Motivations; Motorcycle usage; Perceived parental attitude

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DEVELOPED MODEL; PARENTAL INFLUENCE; PERCEIVED PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS; TRAVEL SOCIALIZATION;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTORCYCLE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; MOTORCYCLES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIALIZATION; TAIWAN; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926188670     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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