Does active commuting improve psychological wellbeing? Longitudinal evidence from eighteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-303

  Martin, Adam ^a,b   Goryakin, Yevgeniy ^a,b   Suhrcke, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Cycling; Health promotion; Longitudinal study; Physical activity; Walking; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRAVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RAILWAY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; TRAVEL; WALKING; WORK; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912051062     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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