Mobility-related behavioral flexibility and routines
- 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.
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| Author: | Susanne Penger, Kerstin Conrad |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-620816 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000265 |
| ISSN: | 1662-971X |
| Parent Title (English): | GeroPsych : the journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry |
| Publisher: | Hogrefe |
| Place of publication: | Göttingen |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/06/10 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2021/06/10 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2021/08/18 |
| Tag: | active aging; aging in place; mobility-related attitudes; out-of-home mobility; person-environment interaction |
| Volume: | 2021 |
| Page Number: | 15 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 15 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 489190138 |
| Institutes: | Erziehungswissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
