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Abstract
People who travel to the same university workplace by bicycle, bus, car, and walking were compared in a survey (N = 1609). Data are presented on environmental worldviews, journey affective appraisals, and habit strength. Unexpectedly, findings showed comparable levels of environmental worldview across modes. This might reflect the role of attitudes on behaviour, or question the validity of the established environmental worldview scale used here. Results also replicated previous work on affective appraisal, and suggested that whilst walking, bicycling and bus use have distinctive affective appraisals associated with each mode, car driving was affectively neutral, generating no strong response on any dimension – a finding tentatively explained with reference to the normative status of driving. The survey also showed users of active travel modes reported stronger habit strength than car or public transport users, with possible links to the role of affect in formulating habit strength in line with habit theory.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Architecture |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Transport choice; Environmental worldviews; Affect; Habit; Health |
Additional Information: | Available online 26 August 2015 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1369-8478 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Date of Acceptance: | 22 July 2015 |
Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2023 04:51 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/76207 |
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