Trait Predictors of Aggression and Crash-Related Behaviors Across Drivers from the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic

Risk Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1730-1745

  Stephens, Amanda N ^a   Sullman, Mark J M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Boredom proneness; Driving anger; Impulsiveness; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CRASHWORTHINESS;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; BOREDOM PRONENESS; DRIVING ANGER; IMPULSIVENESS; SENSATION-SEEKING;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; AGGRESSION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964515464     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12379     Document Type: Article

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