Risky riders: A comparison of personality theories on motorcyclist riding behaviour

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 62, Issue , 2019, Pages 33-44

  Antoniazzi, Dylan ^a   Klein, Rupert ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Five; Errors; Individual differences; Motorcycles; Personality; Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory; Safety; Speeding; Stunts

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERRORS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SURVEYS;

BIG FIVE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PERSONALITY; SENSITIVITY THEORY; SPEEDING; STUNTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85058780776     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2018.12.008     Document Type: Article

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