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Satisfaction with travel and subjective well-being: Development and test of a measurement tool
Dick Ettema,Tommy Gärling,Tommy Gärling,Lars Eriksson,Margareta Friman,Lars E. Olsson,Satoshi Fujii +6 more
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In this article, the authors developed and tested a measure of travel-related subjective well-being, the nine item self-report satisfaction with travel scale (STS), which measures the benefits individuals derive from travel improvements.Abstract:
Subjective well-being (SWB) that includes individuals' cognitive and affective evaluations of life in general is proposed to be a more appropriate measure capturing the benefits individuals derive from travel improvements. We develop and test a measure of travel-related SWB, the nine item self-report satisfaction with travel scale (STS). In a survey of 155 undergraduates, STS, mood ratings, and ratings of SWB were collected for three hypothetical weekdays differing in travel mode, travel time, access to bus stops, and daily activity agenda. The results showed that STS is reliable and differentiates between changes in travel conditions. STS, mood, and to some extent SWB were shown to be affected by travel mode (bus vs. car), travel time, access to bus stops, and the number of activities in the daily agenda.read more
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Impacts of Routine Out-of-Home Activities on Subjective Well-Being
Margareta Friman,Lars E. Olsson,C Jakobsson Bergstad,Amelie Gamble,Olle Hagman,Merritt Polk,Tommy Gärling,Dick Ettema +7 more
Understanding the Demand for Travel: It's Not Purely 'Derived'
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that travel has an intrinsic positive utility and is valued for its own sake, not just as a means of reaching a destination, and argue that the same positive characteristics that lead people to engage in travel as a recreational activity in itself are likely to motivate them to engaging in apparently excess travel in the context of their mandatory and maintenance activities as well.