The relationship between mind wandering and dangerous driving behavior among Chinese drivers

Safety Science

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-48

  Qu, Weina ^a   Ge, Yan ^a   Xiong, Yuexin ^a   Carciofo, Richard ^a   Zhao, Wenguo ^a   Zhang, Kan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Dangerous driving; DDDI; Gender; Mind wandering

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; COGNITIVE DISTRACTIONS; DANGEROUS DRIVINGS; DDDI; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; INTERACTION EFFECT; MIND WANDERING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAR DRIVER; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; DULA DANGEROUS DRIVING INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIND WANDERING; MIND WANDERING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928328930     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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