Conscientious personality and young drivers' crash risk

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 83.e29-87

  Ehsani, Johnathon P ^a   Li, Kaigang ^a   Simons Morton, Bruce G ^a   Fox Tree Mcgrath, Cheyenne ^a   Perlus, Jessamyn G ^a   O'Brien, Fearghal ^a   Klauer, Sheila G ^b  

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

^b VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashes; Personality; Teenage drivers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LINEAR REGRESSION;

CRASHES; DRIVING INSTRUCTORS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC; PERSONALITY TRAITS; TEENAGE DRIVERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943449868     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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