TY  - JOUR
A1  - Penger, Susanne
A1  - Conrad, Kerstin
T1  - Mobility-related behavioral flexibility and routines
T2  - GeroPsych : the journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry
N2  - Few empirical studies have explored psychological attitudes toward out-of-home mobility in old age. We aimed to validate an instrument to assess mobility-related behavioral flexibility and routines in the context of everyday mobility and successful aging. Data were gathered from face-to-face interviews and travel diaries of 211 community-dwelling older adults (aged 65–92) in Germany. Analysis revealed sufficient reliability and confirmed the factorial and convergent validity of the instrument. Mobility-related behavioral flexibility predicted the number of daily trips, particularly by mobility-impaired participants, and was strongly linked to autonomy and to psychological well-being. However, a preference for routines predicted neither out-of-home mobility nor further outcomes. The results demonstrate the importance of mobility-related flexibility in maintaining an active and independent life in old age.
KW  - out-of-home mobility
KW  - mobility-related attitudes
KW  - aging in place
KW  - person-environment interaction
KW  - active aging
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62081
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-620816
SN  - 1662-971X
VL  - 2021
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -