Avoiding blame when violating traffic rules: the development and validation of the justifications of traffic violations scale

Traffic norms violations are the most common form of law breaking. Our aim was to investigate a factor that might contribute to the massive disobedience to traffic laws, namely drivers’ use of self-legitimization strategies that allow them to transgress them without paying the psychological costs th...

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Main Author: Holman, Andrei C. (Author)
Contributors: Popusoi, Simona A.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 9, Pages: 873-894
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Driving styles
Moral Justification
Psychological mechanisms
Scale Development
Traffic violations

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