Active school travel, attitudes and psychological well-being of children

Stark, Juliane; Meschik, Michael; Singleton, Patrick A.; Schützhofer, Bettina

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2018.05.007

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“…There is a large body of empirical evidence highlighting the benefit of physical activity to young people’s mental well-being (e.g., 10 , 11 ). However, there is a lack of evidence measuring the impact of active travel on the mental well-being of young people ( 12 ), particularly in Ireland. A recent scoping review of children and adolescent’s active travel in Ireland identified 19 studies exploring active travel, however none of these included mental well-being outcome measures ( 3 ).…”

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Transport to School and Mental Well-Being of Schoolchildren in Ireland

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Gavin

Kelly

et al. 2021

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: We explored whether modes of transport (cycling, walking, public transport or private vehicle) between home and school are associated with mental well-being in children aged 10–17 years, participating in the Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.Methods: Scores on the World Health Organization Well-being Index and the Mental Health Inventory five-item versions, self-reported life satisfaction, happiness with self, body satisfaction, excellent self-rated health, and multiple health complaints of 9,077 schoolchildren (mean age: 13.99 ± 1.91 years, percentage girls: 52.2%) were compared across modes of transport, unadjusted and adjusted for gender, age, family affluence and area of residence.Results: Those who reported using public transport reported poorer mental well-being than those using other means of transport, but adjusting for sociodemographic variables obscured these differences. The only exception was excellent health, where children who cycled outperformed the other three groups, even after adjustment for sociodemographic variables.Conclusions: Cycling can improve well-being in children. However, in promotion of cycling, social and environmental determinants and inequalities which influence adolescents’ and their parents’ decisions on modes of transport, need to be considered.

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Transport to School and Mental Well-Being of Schoolchildren in Ireland

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Gavin

Kelly

et al. 2021

Int J Public Health

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“…Friman et al (2017) found that satisfaction with the trip to work influenced the mood directly after the commute trip but not later in the day. Studies focusing on children found active travel to be associated with a positive mood after arriving at school or during the first school lesson (Stark et al, 2018;Westman et al, 2017). In addition to satisfaction with the destination activity, travel may also affect the performance of that activity.…”

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Potential health and well-being implications of autonomous vehicles

Singleton

Vos

Heinen

et al. 2020

Advances in Transport Policy and Planning

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Transportation's effects on health and well-being are widely recognized. In the near future, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to revolutionize transportation options and ways of travel. Consequently, the effect of AVs on population health and well-being is a crucial topic of interest for transportation policymaking, one that has received comparatively little attention. This chapter discusses (and anticipates) potential AV impacts on health and well-being. First, we summarize knowledge surrounding effects of transportation on physical health (traffic safety, air and noise pollution, and physical activity) and well-being (travel satisfaction, access to activities, etc.). We then discuss how AVs may affect traveler behaviors, focusing on mode shifts toward private, shared, and/or

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“…Active school travel (AST) has important potential for providing the required level of daily physical activity of children [ 8 ]. Promoting AST has also shown to positively impact children’s physical health (i.e., reduced BMI and increased mental well-being among children actively commuting to school [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]). However, in recent years many medium- and high-income countries throughout Europe and globally have seen a decline in the number of children walking to school [ 12 , 13 ].…”

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Children’s Active School Travel: Examining the Combined Perceived and Objective Built-Environment Factors from Space Syntax

Ozbil

Yeşiltepe

Argın

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Increasing active school travel (AST) among children may provide the required level of daily physical activity and reduce the prevalence of obesity. Despite efforts to promote this mode, recent evidence shows that AST rates continue to decrease in suburban and urban areas alike. The aim of this research study, therefore, is to facilitate our understanding of how objective and perceived factors near the home influence children’s AST in an understudied city, İstanbul, Turkey. Using data from a cross-sectional sample of students aged 12–14 from 20 elementary schools (n = 1802) and consenting parents (n = 843), we applied a nominal logistic regression model to highlight important predictors of AST. The findings showed that street network connectivity (as measured by two novel space syntax measures, metric reach and directional reach) was the main deciding factor for active commuting to school, while parents’ perceptions of condition of sidewalks and shade-casting street trees were moderately significant factors associated with AST. Overall, this study demonstrated the significance of spatial structure of street network around the homes in the potential for encouraging AST, and more importantly, the need to consider objective and perceived environmental attributes when strategizing means to increase this mode choice and reduce ill-health among children.

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Active school travel, attitudes and psychological well-being of children

Cited by 63 publications

References 37 publications

Transport to School and Mental Well-Being of Schoolchildren in Ireland

Transport to School and Mental Well-Being of Schoolchildren in Ireland

Potential health and well-being implications of autonomous vehicles

Children’s Active School Travel: Examining the Combined Perceived and Objective Built-Environment Factors from Space Syntax

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