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Physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation
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posted on 2014-06-01, 00:00 authored by J Van Cauwenberg, V Van Holle, I De Bourdeaudhuij, P Clarys, J Nasar, Jo SalmonJo Salmon, L Maes, L Goubert, N Van de Weghe, B DeforcheKnowledge on the physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation is limited. The current study aimed to investigate the relationships between environmental factors and invitingness to walk for transportation and the potential moderating effects of gender, functional limitations and current walking for transportation behavior. Sixty older participants evaluated 40 panoramic photographs on their invitingness in two ways: a forced choice (first impressions) and a rating task (more deliberate evaluation). Presence of vegetation, benches, and surveillance significantly positively related to both invitingness-measures. Upkeep and presence of historic elements significantly positively related to the assigned invitingness-ratings. For the forced choice task, significant positive relationships emerged for land use and separation between sidewalk and cycling path, but only in functionally limited participants. Environments offering comfort, safety from crime, and pleasantness may attract older adults to walk for transportation. Experimental and on-site studies are needed to elaborate on current findings.
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Journal of environmental psychologyVolume
38Pagination
94 - 103Publisher
Academic PressLocation
London, EnglandPublisher DOI
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0272-4944Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Academic PressUsage metrics
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older adultsphotographsphysical activityphysical environmentwalkingScience & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicineEnvironmental StudiesPsychology, MultidisciplinaryEnvironmental Sciences & EcologyPsychologyQUALITY-OF-LIFEBUILT ENVIRONMENTEXERCISEOBESITYDESIGNPEOPLEHEALTHURBANNEIGHBORHOODSASSOCIATIONS
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