Beyond private-sphere pro-environmental action: Explaining shared mobility using the Theory of Planned Behavior and solidarity-oriented variables

IF 3.5 2区工程技术 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI:10.1016/j.trf.2024.09.014

Nadine Richter , Marcel Hunecke , Paula Blumenschein

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Abstract

Shared mobility behaviors can decrease the negative environmental effects of the transport sector, yet they have received limited attention. Models such as the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) have been widely used to explain primarily individual private-sphere pro-environmental behaviors (PEB). However, as shared mobility behaviors are not completely limited to the private sphere but require social cooperation, solidarity-focused variables that emphasize social interactions may meaningfully complement the TPB variables. In three university samples (Study 1: N=261, Study 2: N=1411; Study 3: N=544), we tested relationships between the TPB variables and shared mobility, and whether solidarity-oriented variables are relevant predictors of shared mobility beyond the TPB variables. The analyses confirmed attitude (

β

= 0.38 − 0.59, p < 0.001) and social norm (

β

= 0.17 − 0.43, p < 0.001) as predictors of shared mobility intention. Furthermore, the solidarity-oriented variables universalism (

β

= 0.09 − 0.18, p < 0.05) as well as specific collective efficacy (

β

= 0.08 − 0.10, p < 0.05) and opinion-based social identification (

β

= 0.18, p < 0.001) positively predicted shared mobility intention. Psychological variables showed no consistent connection to self-reported shared mobility behaviors in logistic regressions. We discuss the scope of solidarity-oriented variables that need social cooperation to complementarily explain PEB beyond the private sphere.

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超越私人领域的环保行动：利用计划行为理论和团结导向变量解释共享流动性

共享交通行为可以减少交通部门对环境的负面影响，但它们受到的关注却很有限。计划行为理论（TPB）等模型已被广泛用于解释主要是个人的私人环境行为（PEB）。然而，由于共享移动行为并不完全局限于私人领域，而是需要社会合作，因此强调社会互动的团结变量可能会对 TPB 变量形成有意义的补充。在三个大学样本中（研究 1：261 人；研究 2：1411 人；研究 3：544 人），我们测试了 TPB 变量与共享流动之间的关系，以及团结导向变量是否是 TPB 变量之外的共享流动的相关预测因素。分析结果证实，态度（β = 0.38 - 0.59, p < 0.001）和社会规范（β = 0.17 - 0.43, p < 0.001）是共享流动意向的预测因素。此外，以团结为导向的普遍主义变量（β = 0.09 - 0.18, p <0.05）、特定的集体效能（β = 0.08 - 0.10, p <0.05）和基于观点的社会认同（β = 0.18, p <0.001）对共同流动意向有积极的预测作用。在逻辑回归中，心理变量与自我报告的共同流动行为没有一致的联系。我们讨论了以团结为导向的变量的范围，这些变量需要社会合作来补充解释私人领域以外的 PEB。

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Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Multiple-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

14.60%

发文量

239

审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour focuses on the behavioural and psychological aspects of traffic and transport. The aim of the journal is to enhance theory development, improve the quality of empirical studies and to stimulate the application of research findings in practice. TRF provides a focus and a means of communication for the considerable amount of research activities that are now being carried out in this field. The journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, psychologists, ergonomists, engineers and policy-makers with an interest in traffic and transport psychology.