Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Bergstad, Cecilia Jakobsson ^a   Gamble, Amelie ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Hagman, Olle ^a   Polk, Merritt ^a   Ettema, Dick ^b   Friman, Margareta ^c   Olsson, Lars E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Car use; Daily travel; Satisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CAR USE; DAILY TRAVEL; SATISFACTION; SWEDISHS; TRAVEL MODES; WELL BEING;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

CAR USE; COGNITION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650518661     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-010-9283-z     Document Type: Article

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