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Journal article
A transactional model of stress and coping applied to cyclist subjective experiences
Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.96, pp.155-170
2023
Abstract
Research indicates that subjective experiences such as happiness, joy, anxiety, and fear influence peoples’ decisions to bike ride. Negative user experiences in particular are a key barrier to increased bike riding participation. However, existing research has not considered the theoretical mechanisms that give rise to subjective experiences while bike riding. To achieve a more nuanced understanding necessary to enable subjective experiences to contribute to policy and planning, there is a need to both establish theoretically-informed definitions of what subjective experiences consist of, and common approaches to describing how they arise and can be measured. This conceptual paper addresses a translation gap between theory and existing research by applying the transactional model of stress and coping and the circumplex model of affect to demonstrate potential causal mechanisms and measurement approaches of bicycling-related subjective experiences. The transactional model of stress and coping proposes that individuals continuously appraise the demands of their environment relative to their coping abilities, stating that stress and negative emotions occur when an environment exceeds perceived coping abilities. The circumplex model of affect proposes that emotions exist on dimensions of valence and arousal, measuring the unpleasant-pleasantness and degree of activation of an emotion from low to high, respectively. By proposing theoretically-informed definitions and theoretical approaches, this paper establishes a framework that unifies existing research and enables a more nuanced understanding of individual differences in subjective experiences that can contribute to bicycling uptake.
Details
- Title
- A transactional model of stress and coping applied to cyclist subjective experiences
- Authors
- Tommy Lim (Corresponding Author) - Monash UniversityJason Thompson (Author) - The University of MelbourneLeimin Tian (Author) - Monash UniversityBen Beck (Author) - Monash University
- Publication details
- Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.96, pp.155-170
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.trf.2023.05.013
- ISSN
- 1873-5517; 1369-8478
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- No data was used for the research described in the article.
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991184300902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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