Mode Decisions and Context Change – What About the Attitudes? A Conceptual Framework

Busch-Geertsema, Annika; Lanzendorf, Martin

doi:10.1108/s2044-994120150000007012

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“…The theory of planned behaviour is a commonly used framework for analysing individuals' intended and actual behaviours [31] and theorises that the intention of an individual to perform a certain behaviour is determined by his or her attitude towards the behaviour, the subjective norm and the person's perceived behavioural control [31]. This framework has been used to analyse (changes in) travel behaviour [32,33] and to assess individuals' intentions to participate in the sharing economy [34]. However, to the authors' knowledge, the role of identity has not been previously assessed in the context of participation intention in carsharing.…”

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Intentions to Participate in Carsharing: The Role of Self- and Social Identity

Derikx

Lierop

2021

Sustainability

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Carsharing is becoming an increasingly popular mode of transportation in many cities around the world. Previous research has revealed that users tend to be young, are highly educated, have high incomes and live in densely populated neighbourhoods. However, this does not explain why people who have similar socioeconomic characteristics do not adopt carsharing when residing in comparable urban contexts. To assess the critical differences between users and non-users of carsharing, the current research uses the theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework to analyse how aspects of an individual’s social and self-identity determine their intentions to participate in carsharing. In-person intercept questionnaire data were collected in the Berlin neighbourhoods Schloßstraße, Steglitz and Glasower Straße, Neukölln in the fall of 2019 (N = 216). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were used to analyse the collected data. The model results suggest that having a pro-technology self-identity and negative pro-car identity are significantly associated with the intention to participate in carsharing. These associations are present in both the structural and alternative models. Moreover, both models indicate a negative relationship between individuals’ degree of environmental self-identity and the degree of their pro-car identity. The results suggest that, in order to promote carsharing, regional governments should focus on attracting new users who are currently already using mobility technology. The findings can be used by regional governments to identify potential carsharing users and to specifically target individuals who are likely to be willing to adopt and participate in carsharing.

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Intentions to Participate in Carsharing: The Role of Self- and Social Identity

Derikx

Lierop

2021

Sustainability

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“…In the last decade, so-called 'soft factors' have received increased attention as a predictor of travel behaviour change. The theory of planned behaviour and the role of attitudes in particular have been the focus of much attention (e.g., Kamruzzaman et al, 2015;Busch-Geertsema & Lanzendorf, 2015; Van et al, 2015;Van Acker et al, 2010;Cao et al, 2009;Schwanen & Mokhtarian, 2005;Heinen et al, 2011). However, several other theories and constructs may have greater potential to explain behaviour and effectuate change.…”

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Identity and travel behaviour: A cross-sectional study on commute mode choice and intention to change

Heinen

2016

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Introduction: Social and self-identities have been conceptualised to prevent travel behaviour change, as threats to one's identity may cause resistance to change. This study focuses on the role of social, transport, place, and self-identities on commute mode choice and intention to change mode choice.Method: Data were collected in June 2015 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Invitations to participate were distributed by mail using data from the municipality, resulting in 1,062 adult participants.The outcome measures were the transport mode shares based on a 14-day travel-to-and-from-work record of trips (i) involving any car use, (ii) involving any bicycling, (iii) involving any walking, and (iv) involving any public transport use. The second series of outcome measures concerned the willingness to change the amount of car use, bicycle use and walking, determined by the question 'to what extent do you intend to change the use of … ?'. Identity was measured on a seven-point disagree/agree scale for 17 items by asking to what extent the respondent 'sees him/herself as … '. Separate multinomial regression models were estimated stepwise adjusting for socioeconomic and transport characteristics.Results: Multiple identity items were associated with the use of all commute modes. In the maximally adjusted models, identities associated with the respective modes remained significant. For example, whether someone identified themselves with being a cyclist corresponded with higher likelihood of cycling occasionally (relative risk ratio (RRR): 1.84; 95% confidence interval (CI):1.47-2.30), or always to work (RRR: 2.86; 95%CI: 2.16-3.79). In addition, we found that a family-oriented identity was negatively associated with occasional commuting by car, and a 'sporty' identity was negatively associated with always cycling to work.Transport identities were also associated with stated intentions to change as were several social, place, and self-identities. Identifying with being a car driver decreased the likelihood of intending to reduce car use, but it increased the likelihood of intending to increase car use, as did identifying with being careeroriented. Individuals that identified with being a cyclist were less likely to have an intention to reduce bicycle use, whereas countryside-lovers had greater intentions of increasing cycling. Individuals that identified themselves as pedestrians had a lower intention of decreasing their walking levels, and a higher intention of increasing them, as did those who identified themselves as being family-oriented. Discussion:The results confirm limited previous findings that identifying with users of a transport mode corresponds with its use. Nevertheless, questions around causality remain. The intention to change mode choice was associated with several identities, including transport-related identities, place-related identities, social/family-related identities, and self-identities. Future research should focus on the associations between identity and actual behaviour change to further our...

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“…It is acknowledged that the pandemic has reshaped daily routines into new behavioural patterns. A number of studies have found, as a part of life course analysis, that the change in life events has changed people's activity-travel behaviour [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Because social distancing was implemented as the main policy for cutting the chain of viral transmission, reductions in people's mobility of 20-40% were found to reduce the COVID-19 cases [28].…”

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“…People in developed countries, however, saw socialising as a more fixed activity than working and grocery shopping [65]. The activity location, including the built environment conditions (e.g., land use shape and the road and public transport networks) and other related conditions (e.g., income and the availability of private vehicles as defined by [23,27]), also determine the opportunities for, or barriers to, engaging in various types of out-of-home activities, otherwise called resources. The examples above indicate the interrelationships between activities with high and low rates of enjoyability, which includes people's daily situations and reveal the interactions between constraints, needs and resources.…”

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Effects of Changes in Discretionary Trips and Online Activities on Social and Mental Health during Two Different Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

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An aggregate analysis shows that undertaking fewer work and leisure trips during the pandemic had negative effects on mental health, but reducing trips to grocery shops, pharmacies and parks had the opposite effect, but there is a lack of studies on the effects of behaviour change on mental health using a disaggregate analysis. Beside mental health, a lockdown is assumed to cause social isolation, which is hypothesised to also deteriorate social health due to reducing one’s time spent socialising. This study fills these research gaps and examines the effects of behaviour change on social and mental health during the pandemic. Travel restraints have been relaxed and tightened several times, but no study has investigated the behaviour changes and discrepancies in social and mental health between Malaysia’s strict and relaxed periods. Around 438 respondents reported their behaviour changes during two different travel restraint periods and before the pandemic. This study confirms that the relaxation period caused a significant increase in the number of discretionary trips in Malaysia; however, the increase in discretionary trips did not have any significant effects in improving mental and social health. A disaggregate analysis showed that grocery shopping and socialising trips had negative effects on mental health, as opposed to previous studies using an aggregate analysis. Socialising trips, however, helped to improve the social health conditions.

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Mode Decisions and Context Change – What About the Attitudes? A Conceptual Framework

Cited by 8 publications

References 53 publications

Intentions to Participate in Carsharing: The Role of Self- and Social Identity

Intentions to Participate in Carsharing: The Role of Self- and Social Identity

Identity and travel behaviour: A cross-sectional study on commute mode choice and intention to change

Effects of Changes in Discretionary Trips and Online Activities on Social and Mental Health during Two Different Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia

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