Physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation Van Cauwenberg, Jelle, Van Holle, Veerle, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Clarys, Peter, Nasar, Jack, Salmon, Jo, Maes, Lea, Goubert, Liesbet, Van de Weghe, Nico and Deforche, Benedicte 2014, Physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation, Journal of environmental psychology, vol. 38, pp. 94-103, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.012. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads salmon-physicalenviron-post-2014.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 516.30KB 463 Title Physical environmental factors that invite older adults to walk for transportation Author(s) Van Cauwenberg, Jelle Van Holle, Veerle De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse Clarys, Peter Nasar, Jack Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Maes, Lea Goubert, Liesbet Van de Weghe, Nico Deforche, Benedicte Journal name Journal of environmental psychology Volume number 38 Start page 94 End page 103 Total pages 10 Publisher Academic Press Place of publication London, England Publication date 2014-06 ISSN 0272-4944 Keyword(s) older adults photographs physical activity physical environment walking Summary Knowledge 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. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.12.012 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Academic Press Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30062439 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 09 Apr 2014, 09:54:40 EST Thu, 10 Apr 2014, 08:40:48 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 13:29:54 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 13:34:30 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 13:39:16 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 13:40:20 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 15:59:05 EST Fri, 11 Apr 2014, 16:00:37 EST Mon, 14 Apr 2014, 10:45:33 EST Fri, 02 May 2014, 11:59:43 EST Tue, 27 May 2014, 08:28:38 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 15:38:00 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 19:11:37 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:05:30 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:03:28 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 26 times in TR Web of Science Cited 26 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 796 Abstract Views, 465 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 09 Apr 2014, 09:54:18 EST by Penny Andrews