OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE DIMENSIONS OF TRAVEL IMPEDANCE AS DETERMINANTS OF COMMUTING STRESS (REVISED)
The stressful characteristics of commuting constraints are conceptualized in terms of both physical and perceptual conditions of travel impedance. This study develops and operationalizes the concept of subjective impedance, as a complement to our previously developed concept of impedance as a physically defined condition of commuting stress. The stress impacts of high impedance commuting were examined in a study of 79 employees of two companies in the follow-up testing of a longitudinal study. Subjective impedance was found to be overlapping but not isomorphic with physical impedance, and these two dimensions were found to have differential relationships with health and well-being outcomes. The physical impedance construct received further confirmation in validational analyses and in predicted effects on various illness measures and job satisfaction. The newly constructed subjective impedance index was significantly related to evening home mood, residential satisfaction, and chest pain. Job change also was found to be influenced primarily by commuting satisfaction. The results are discussed within an ecological framework emphasizing inter-domain transfer effects and situational moderators of commuting stress.
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University of California, Irvine
Institute of Transportation Studies
4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
Irvine, CA United States 92697 -
Authors:
- Novaco, R W
- STOKOLS, D
- MILANESI, L
- Publication Date: 1989-10
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- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 43 p.
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- Publication of: California University, Irvine
- Publisher: University of California, Irvine
- ISSN: 0193-5860
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commuters; Constraints; Drivers; Electrical impedance; Health; Mechanical impedance; Modal shift; Stress (Psychology); Testing; Traffic congestion; Travel
- Uncontrolled Terms: Subjective analysis
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00490005
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: UCI-ITS-WP-89-3
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM