The slow and the furious: Anger, stress and risky passing in simulated traffic congestion

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Emo, Amanda K ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^b   Funke, Gregory J ^c  

^a FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Driver behavior; Risk taking; State anger; Stress; Trait anger

Indexed keywords

RISK MANAGEMENT; STRESSES; STUDENTS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COPING; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; RISK TAKING; STATE ANGER; TRAIT ANGER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84979738959     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.05.002     Document Type: Article

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