Predictors of Cell Phone Use in Distracted Driving: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Health Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1066-1075

  Tian, Yan ^a   Robinson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CELL PHONE USE; DISTRACTED DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTITUDE; CELL PHONE USE; DISTRACTED DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NORMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980315261     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1196639     Document Type: Article

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