The weapons effect on wheels: Motorists drive more aggressively when there is a gun in the vehicle

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2017, Pages 82-85

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Kerwin, Thomas ^a   Whitlock, Tyler ^a   Weisenberger, Janet M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Driving simulator; Road rage; Weapons effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021672889     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.06.007     Document Type: Article

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