“Don't you know I own the road?” The link between narcissism and aggressive driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue , 2018, Pages 14-20

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Steffgen, Georges ^b   Kerwin, Thomas ^a   Whitlock, Tyler ^a,c   Weisenberger, Janet M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Driving simulator; Narcissism; Road rage

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; DRIVING SIMULATION; DRIVING SIMULATOR; NARCISSISM; ROAD RAGE; SPECIAL TREATMENTS; TRAFFIC FATALITIES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85034638550     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.10.008     Document Type: Article

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