Out-of-home activities, daily travel, and subjective well-being

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 723-732

  Ettema, Dick ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^b   Olsson, Lars E ^c   Friman, Margareta ^c  

^a Geosciences Faculty   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities; Daily travel; Subjective well being (SWB); Utility

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

ACTIVITIES; DAILY TRAVEL; POSITIVE AFFECTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS; UTILITY; UTILITY THEORY; WELL BEING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956345334     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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