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30.05.2016

Children’s travel to school: satisfaction, current mood, and cognitive performance

verfasst von: Jessica Westman, Lars E. Olsson, Tommy Gärling, Margareta Friman

Erschienen in: Transportation | Ausgabe 6/2017

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We investigate whether travel mode, travel time, and activities during travel influence children’s satisfaction with their travel to school, their current mood, and their cognitive performance after arriving at school. A sample of 344 children (165 girls) between the ages of 10 and 15 years were recruited at five public schools in Värmland County, Sweden. Directly after arriving at school, the children rated how they felt on two scales ranging from very sad to very happy and from very tired to very alert, filled out the Satisfaction with Travel Scale adapted for children (STS-C), reported details about their journeys, and took a word-fluency test. The results for STS-C showed that traveling by school bus and walking or cycling was experienced as having a higher quality than traveling by car. Children who engaged in conversation during their journeys reported a higher quality and more positive feelings than children who were engaged in solitary activities during their journeys. A shorter journey was experienced as having a higher quality and resulting in more positive feelings. Children traveling for longer durations performed better in the word-fluency test if using their smartphones or doing a combination of activities during their journeys.

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Titel: Children’s travel to school: satisfaction, current mood, and cognitive performance
verfasst von: Jessica Westman
Lars E. Olsson
Tommy Gärling
Margareta Friman
Publikationsdatum: 30.05.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Transportation / Ausgabe 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0049-4488
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-016-9705-7

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