Reliability and validity of aggressive driving measures in China

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-355

  Li, Fengzhi ^a   Li, Changji ^a   Long, Yunfang ^a   Zhan, Chenglie ^a   Hennessy, Dwight A ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisions; Cross culture; Roadway aggression; Violations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRIVER; DRIVER VENGEANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SELF REPORT DRIVER BEHAVIOR AGGRESSION AND ASSERTIVENESS SUBSCALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENT DRIVING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ASSERTIVENESS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 9144262531     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580490509527     Document Type: Article

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