Mulling over anger: Indirect and conditional indirect effects of thought content and trait rumination on aggressive driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 276-285

  Suhr, Kyle A ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Anger rumination; Driving anger; Thought content

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; AGGRESSIVE DRIVING BEHAVIORS; ANGER RUMINATION; DRIVING ANGER; DRIVING SITUATIONS; NOCV1; THOUGHT CONTENT; TRAIT DRIVING ANGERS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84994531630     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.07.016     Document Type: Article

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