Psychological determinants of walking in a Brazilian sample: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Psychological determinants of walking in a Brazilian sample: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
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10.1016/j.trf.2020.07.002
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
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4.1
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D'Orsi, Eleonora
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作者：
Luiza Neto, Ingrid;Matsunaga, Lucas Heiki;D'Orsi, Eleonora
鼓励使用步行或骑自行车等积极的出行方式，可能会加剧过度使用汽车的负面影响，如久坐和肥胖，从而改善个人健康。因此，重要的是要验证在何种情况下人们愿意使用更健康的出行方式。一个经常使用的模型来理解步行行为是Ajzen的计划行为理论，以及它的扩展，计划行为的扩展理论。虽然这一主题在世界各地得到了广泛的研究，但在巴西文化中却没有得到充分的研究。本研究报告的心理决定因素的步行行为在三个巴西城市，表明哪种理论模型更适合的数据：计划行为理论与扩展理论的计划行为。联邦区、弗洛里亚诺波利斯和波尔图阿莱格雷的3296名居民回答了10项量表。面对面的问卷调查在参与者的住所进行。大多数受访者为女性，年龄从18岁到101岁不等。结构方程模型表明计划行为理论比扩展计划行为理论更能解释步行行为。知觉行为控制和意图是最好的预测步行。结果表明，添加变量的原始模型并不总是会导致更好的拟合优度指数，这表明计划行为理论的组成部分是令人满意的解释在本研究中分析的巴西样本的步行行为。(C)2020爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Encouraging the use of active travel modes, such as walking or cycling, can contribute to the negative impacts of car overuse, such as sedentarism and obesity, improving individuals' health. Thus, it is important to verify under which circumstances people are willing to use healthier travel modes. A frequently used model to understand walking behavior is Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior, and its extension, the Expanded Theory of Planned Behavior. Although this topic is widely investigated across the world, it is understudied in Brazilian culture. This study reports the psychological determinants of walking behavior in three Brazilian cities, indicating which theoretical model better fits the data: The Theory of Planned Behavior versus Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. Some 3296 residents of Distrito Federal, Florianopolis and Porto Alegre answered a 10-item scale. The face-to-face questionnaires were conducted in the participants' residence. Most of the respondents were women, with age ranging from 18 to 101 years old. Structural Equation Modeling indicated the Theory of Planned Behavior be more powerful to explain walking behavior than the Expanded Theory of Planned Behavior. Perceived behavioral control and intention were the best predictors of walking. Results indicate that adding variables to the original model not always leads to better goodness of fit indices, suggesting that the components of the Theory of Planned Behavior are satisfactory to explain walking behavior in the Brazilian sample analyzed in this study. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.