Accident proneness
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tendency toward involvement in accidents; implies certain personality or other characteristics which predispose to accidents.
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- The theory of accident-proneness is both scientifically flawed and politically incorrect.
- Accidents seem easy to observe, however accident-proneness is difficult to measure.
- RAWSON Statistics have been presented to show that accident-proneness is a definite entity and a number of possible causes for accident-proneness have been presented.
- The relationship between childhood hyperactivity and accident proneness is confirmed and is specific.
- The correlation between ADHD and accident proneness is clearly evident.
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