Aggression on the road: Relationships between dysfunctional impulsivity, forgiveness, negative emotions, and aggressive driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 286-298

  Kovácsová, Natália ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b   Rošková, Eva ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; Driving scenarios; Forgiveness; Impulsivity; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

AGGRESSION; DRIVING SCENARIOS; FORGIVENESS; IMPULSIVITY; NEGATIVE AFFECTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84994275734     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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