Mental health and wayfinding

Mental health and travel behaviour

“…The need to be in control reflects another area of anxiety identified in this study: having to take action in an unfamiliar environment, which may be because the method of travel has failed or because of the need to find a suitable toilet. Another area causing anxiety was wayfinding, in terms of feeling disorientated, being lost and having to find the way (Mackett, 2021b). Posner and Sharp (2020) also found route planning and navigation were causes of anxiety, particularly accessing information during the journey itself.…”

Gender, mental health and travel

“…Some female respondents explained that they made all their travel by car because of the greater level of control it gave them as well as the opportunity to avoid overcrowding and travelling with strangers (Evans and Wener 2007;Mackett 2021a;Norgate et al 2020). Another interesting aspect of greater rurality was the higher levels of feeling disorientated (Table 11), possibly because there are likely to be fewer useful landmarks which are often used for wayfinding (Mackett 2021c).…”

“…Another aspect of travel where mental health can have an impact is wayfinding (Mackett 2021c). Anxiety can cause wayfinding errors (Hund and Minarik 2006).…”

Research on barrier-free wayfinding and navigation

“…Achieving a qualitative change to the PWDs' experience with restructuring these buildings requires time and cannot solve the urgent need. Although studies are researching accessible wayfinding, to date, only a few papers focused on the mental stage and mental requirements of wayfinding [2,30,34]. Research also indicates that different types of disabilities require different support for wayfinding [1].…”