Bretter, C., Sharma, H. and Pangbourne, K. (2024) Understanding car-sharing by integrating long-, medium- and short-term cognitions. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 107. pp. 985-996. ISSN 1369-8478
Abstract
Examinations into the psychological drivers of car-sharing have to date focused on short-term cognitions such as attitudes, norms, and intentions. In this paper, we integrate such short-term cognitions with medium-term cognitions (e.g., goals) and long-term cognitions (e.g., values), thereby providing a more comprehensive understanding of the psychological drivers of car-sharing. We surveyed a broadly representative sample of the UK population (N = 1,294) and found that values underlie medium-term cognitions (e.g., goals) and short-term cognitions, thereby ultimately influencing car-sharing intentions and behaviour. Moreover, our results show that environmental consciousness and the desire for luxury are important yet opposing goals that affect both intentions to engage in car-sharing and to actually use car-sharing. Overall, we demonstrate that car-sharing may be more complex than previously anticipated and should be understood as a behaviour that results from a complex web of long-, medium-, and short-term cognitions. We discuss practical and theoretical implications.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Car-sharing, Values, Goals, Cognition, sustainable transport, Environmental behavior |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Oct 2024 14:21 |
Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2024 11:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2024.10.020 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218875 |