Validation of the propensity for angry driving scale

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 557-563

  Dahlen, Eric R ^a   Ragan, Katie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Driving anger; Prediction; Road rage; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; DRIVER TRAINING; GESTURE RECOGNITION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLES;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; DRIVING ANGER; PREDICTION; ROAD RAGE; SCALE VALIDATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAGE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAGE; SAFETY;

EID: 9244223068     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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