Transportation, Stress, and Community Psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11056029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond W Novaco (0000-0002-3216-9033, Program in Social Ecology University of California 92717 Irvine California, corresponding author), Daniel Stokols (0000-0002-3008-3009, Program in Social Ecology University of California 92717 Irvine California), Joan M Campbell (University of California, Irvine), Joan Campbell (Program in Social Ecology University of California 92717 Irvine California), Jeannette Stokols (Program in Social Ecology University of California 92717 Irvine California) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 361-380 |
| Publication date | 1979-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf00894380 |
| PMID | 495580 |
| OpenAlex | W1991830501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 23 |
Conditions of transportation were investigated as sources of psychological stress as they affect the physiology, task performance, and mood of commuters. Participants in the study were 100 employees of industrial firms. Traffic congestion was construed as a behavioral constraint in terms of the concept of impedance which is defined by the parameters of distance and time. It was expected that the effects of impedance would be mediated by personality factors, such as locus of control. Multivariate tests of the internal validity of the impedance factor were significant. However, significant main effects for impedance were obtained only for mood and residential adaptation. The predicted interactions of impedance with locus of control were obtained across task performance indices. In multiple regression analyses, the distance and speed of the commute to work were found to account for significant proportions of variation in blood pressure, while several indices of personal control had significant regression effects on the task measures. The implications of the results for research in community psychology are discussed
Affect (linguistics) · Health psychology · Locus of control · Mood · Personality · Public health · Applied Psychology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Transport and Accessibility
Commuting behaviour and subjective wellbeing
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Family Daily Hassles and Family Coping and Managing Strategies
Relationship of daily hassles, uplifts, and major life events to health status.
The View From the Road
Commuting and wellbeing
Comparison of two modes of stress measurement
Gender, Driver Aggression, and Driver Violence
The relevance of socio-demographic and occupational variables for the assessment of work-related stress risk
Development of a Driving Anger Scale
Commuting Distance and Work-to-Family Conflict
Trade time for space
Commuting and self-employment in Western Europe
Life events and hassles as predictors of health symptoms, job performance, and absenteeism
Exploring the spatiotemporal stress patterns of commuting in large Cities
All minutes are not equal
A Conservation of Resources theory-based framework for studying the commute experience
“Turn on the radio, bust out a song”
Commuting spillover
Perceived Control and Blood Pressure
Job-housing distance, neighborhood environment, and mental health in suburban Shanghai
Traffic congestion, driver stress, and driver aggression
Objective and subjective dimensions of travel impedance as determinants of commuting stress
Coping with urban crime
Research in community psychology
The influence of qualitative assessments of the social and physical environment on the morale of the rural elderly
The Impact of Distance to Nearest Education Institution on the Post-compulsory Education Participation Decision
Are night owls more robust to commuting? The role of chronotypes in commuting
There and back again
Social and psychological factors in stress.
Medical sociology
The environment and social behavior
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
Internal versus external control of reinforcement
Commuter travel and sickness absence of London office workers
The community psychologist as social planner
Urban Mass Transportation
Control over stress, locus of control, and response to stress
The function of the illusions of control and freedom
Internal versus external control of reinforcement and decision time
Some problems and misconceptions related to the construct of internal versus external control of reinforcement
The relationship of persistence at a task to expectation of success and achievement related motives
Personal control over aversive stimuli and its relationship to stress
The effects of status, type of frustration, and aggression on vascular processes
Physical aggression in relation to different frustrations
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2026 (47) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |