Abstract
We examine the influence of personality on car driving, usage of public transport and cycling. Personality is measured through the Big Five personality traits (i.e., Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism) and Environmental personality. Data were collected through a Web-based panel of adult citizen in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden (N = 1068). Age, gender, income, children at home and residential area were used as control variables. Car driving is influenced by low degree of Openness, high degree of Conscientiousness, and low degree of Environmental personality. Usage of public transport is influenced by low degree of Conscientiousness, high degree of Agreeableness, and high degree of Environmental personality. Cycling is foremost influenced by a high degree of Environmental personality.
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Academic Editor: Abstract: We examine the influence of personality on car driving, usage of public transport and cycling
Car driving is negatively correlated with usage of public transport, while cycling is unrelated to both car driving and usage of public transport
As can be seen, car driving is negatively correlated with Openness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Environmental personality, while positively correlated with Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and age
Summary
Academic Editor: Abstract: We examine the influence of personality on car driving, usage of public transport and cycling. Car driving is influenced by low degree of Openness, high degree of Conscientiousness, and low degree of Environmental personality. Usage of public transport is influenced by low degree of Conscientiousness, high degree of Agreeableness, and high degree of Environmental personality. One strategy to reach this goal might be to change transport behavior from individual car use to more sustainable transport modes, such as public transportation and cycling. Demographic variables, especially gender and age, and income, presence of children and residential area, influence preferences and usage of different transportation modes, for instance car, bike, and public transport [2,3,4]
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