Relationships between thrill seeking, speeding attitudes, and driving violations among a sample of motorsports spectators and drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-22

  Yildirim Yenier, Zümrüt ^a,d   Vingilis, Evelyn ^a   Wiesenthal, David L ^b   Mann, Robert E ^c   Seeley, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Driver; Driving violation; Motorsport; Spectator; Speeding attitude; Thrill seeking

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RACING AUTOMOBILES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

DRIVER; DRIVING VIOLATION; MOTOR-SPORT; SPECTATOR; SPEEDING ATTITUDE; THRILL SEEKING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEISURE; MALE; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945256386     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.09.014     Document Type: Article

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