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Background Contemporary mobile health (mHealth) interventions use various behavior change techniques to promote healthier lifestyles. Social comparison is one of the techniques that is consensually agreed to be effective in engaging the general population in mHealth interventions. However, it is unclear how this strategy can be best used to engage preadolescents. Nevertheless, this strategy has great potential for this target audience, as they are particularly developing their social skills. Objective This study aims to evaluate how social comparison drives preadolescents’ engagement with an mHealth app. Methods We designed a 12-week crossover experiment in which we studied 3 approaches to implementing behavior change via social comparison. This study was hosted in a school environment to leverage naturally existing social structures among preadolescents. During the experiment, students and teachers used an mHealth tool that awarded points for performing healthy activities. Participants could read their aggregated scores on a leaderboard and compare their performance with others. In particular, these leaderboards were tweaked to implement 3 approaches of the social comparison technique. The first approach focused on intragroup comparison (ie, students and teachers competing against each other to obtain the most points), whereas the other two approaches focused on intergroup comparison (ie, classes of students and their mentoring teachers collaborating to compete against other classes). Additionally, in the third approach, the performance of teachers was highlighted to further increase students’ engagement through teachers’ natural exemplary function. To obtain our results, we used linear modeling techniques to analyze the dropout rates and engagement levels for the different approaches. In such analyses, we also considered individual participant traits. Results Our sample included 313 participants—290 students (92.7%) and 23 teachers (7.3%). It was found that student engagement levels dropped over time and declined during holidays. However, students seemed to monitor the intergroup competitions more closely than the intragroup competitions, as they, on average, checked the mHealth app more often when they were engaged in team-based comparisons. Students, on average, performed the most unique activities when they were engaged in the second intergroup setting, perhaps because their teachers were most active in this setting. Moreover, teachers seemed to play an important role in engaging their students, as their relationship with their students influenced the engagement of the students. Conclusions When using social comparison to engage preadolescents with an mHealth tool, an intergroup setting, rather than an intragroup competition, motivated them to engage with the app but did not necessarily motivate them to perform more activities. It seems that the number of unique activities that preadolescents perform depends on the activeness of a role model. Moreover, this effect is amplified by preadolescents’ perceptions of closeness to that role model.
Raoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Tom Borghouts; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Ehsan Hadian; Monique Simons. Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23, e21202 .
AMA StyleRaoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten, Pieter Van Gorp, Tom Borghouts, Pascale Le Blanc, Pauline Van Den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, Ehsan Hadian, Monique Simons. Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021; 23 (7):e21202.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Tom Borghouts; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Ehsan Hadian; Monique Simons. 2021. "Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 23, no. 7: e21202.
Neighbourhood social cohesion is important for the health and well-being of the ageing population. It is therefore crucial to study how we can create neighbourhoods with high levels of neighbourhood social cohesion where senior citizens can age in place. We test the hypotheses that collective self-build is positively related to social cohesion and (directly and indirectly) to social satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness. The study is based on survey data from 326 respondents of 50 years and over living in 25 collective self-build development projects and 19 conventionally developed housing projects in the Netherlands. The results of a structural equation model (SEM) reveal that collective self-build is directly related to neighbourhood social cohesion and lower feelings of social loneliness. We find an indirect effect on social satisfaction. These positive relationships hold while controlling for personal and household characteristics. This quantitative study adds scientific knowledge on the collective self-build development method and its relation to social cohesion, loneliness and satisfaction.
Pauline Van Den Berg; Jules Sanders; Stephan Maussen; Astrid Kemperman. Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness. Housing Studies 2021, 1 -19.
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, Jules Sanders, Stephan Maussen, Astrid Kemperman. Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness. Housing Studies. 2021; ():1-19.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; Jules Sanders; Stephan Maussen; Astrid Kemperman. 2021. "Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness." Housing Studies , no. : 1-19.
In order to turn the trend of decreasing numbers of visitors in shopping areas, retailers seem to agree on the importance of creating experiences for consumers. Yet sense of place research focusing on shopping areas is limited and has not yet fully explored the extent to which sense of place is related to shopping behaviour within physical shopping areas. In this study, we used the concept of sense of place to study a consumer's experience in inner-city retail environments. The main objective was to investigate (1) the relationship between shopping area evaluation and sense of place, (2) the relationship between sense of place and shopping behaviour, (3) the presence or absence of a relationship between shopping area evaluation and shopping behaviour, and (4) the moderating effect of personal and situational characteristics on these relationships. We estimate a path analysis model using survey data that were collected among 380 consumers in 3 shopping areas in the Amsterdam region. The findings suggest that sense of place is a better predictor of shopping behaviour than consumers' evaluation of shopping area characteristics. Therefore, it is important for retailers and shopping area managers to focus on creating a retail environment that stimulates formation of a sense of place.
Pauline Van Den Berg; Hamza Larosi; Stephan Maussen; Theo Arentze. Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour. Geographical Research 2021, 1 .
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, Hamza Larosi, Stephan Maussen, Theo Arentze. Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour. Geographical Research. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; Hamza Larosi; Stephan Maussen; Theo Arentze. 2021. "Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour." Geographical Research , no. : 1.
BACKGROUND Although the health benefits of physical activity are well established, it remains challenging for people to adopt a more active lifestyle. mHealth interventions can be effective tools to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior. Promising results have been obtained by using gamification techniques as behavior change strategies, especially when they were tailored towards an individual's preferences and goals. Yet, it remains unclear how goals are most effectively tailored in a gamified health promotion context. OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluate the impact of personalized goal setting in the context of gamified mHealth interventions. We hypothesized that interventions that suggest health goals tailored towards users’ own self-perceived capabilities and preferences will be more engaging than interventions with generic goals. METHODS The study was designed as a two-arm randomized intervention trial. Participants were recruited among staff members of seven governmental organizations. They participated in an 8-week digital health promotion campaign that was especially designed to promote walks, bike rides and sports sessions. Using an mHealth application, participants could track their performance on two social leaderboards: a leaderboard displaying the individual scores of participants, and a leaderboard displaying the average scores per organizational department. Participants could score points by performing any of the six healthy tasks they got assigned (e.g., walk for at least 2000 m). The level of complexity of three tasks was updated every two weeks; either by changing the suggested task intensity, or the suggested frequency of the task. The two intervention arms—with participants randomly assigned—consisted of: 1) a personalized treatment that tailored the complexity parameters based on the self-perceived capabilities and self-selected goals of participants, and 2) a control treatment where the complexity parameters were set generically based on national guidelines. Measures were collected from the mHealth application as well as from intake and post-test surveys, and analyzed using (hierarchical) linear models. RESULTS Results indicated that engagement with the program inevitably dropped over time. However, engagement was higher for participants who had set themselves a goal at the intake survey. The impact of personalization did especially show for ‘frequency parameters’, as the personalization of sports session frequency did foster higher engagement levels, especially when a participant set a goal to improve himself/herself. Additionally, personalization of suggested ride duration had a positive effect on self-perceived biking performance. CONCLUSIONS Personalization seems particularly promising for promoting the frequency of physical activity (e.g., promoting the number of suggested sports sessions per week), as opposed to the intensity of the physical activity (e.g., distance and/or duration). Replications and variations of our study setup are critical for consolidating and explaining (or refuting) these effects.
Raoul Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Alireza Khanshan; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Monique Simons. Evaluating the impact of personalized goal setting on engagement levels of government staff in a two-month mHealth intervention (Preprint). 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleRaoul Nuijten, Pieter Van Gorp, Alireza Khanshan, Pascale Le Blanc, Pauline Van Den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, Monique Simons. Evaluating the impact of personalized goal setting on engagement levels of government staff in a two-month mHealth intervention (Preprint). . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaoul Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Alireza Khanshan; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Monique Simons. 2021. "Evaluating the impact of personalized goal setting on engagement levels of government staff in a two-month mHealth intervention (Preprint)." , no. : 1.
Urbanization brings major challenges with regard to livability and the health and quality of life of citizens
Minou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg. Editorial for the Special Issue on “Experiencing the City: The Relation between Urban Design and People’s Well-Being”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 2485 .
AMA StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée, Gamze Dane, Pauline Van Den Berg. Editorial for the Special Issue on “Experiencing the City: The Relation between Urban Design and People’s Well-Being”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (5):2485.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg. 2021. "Editorial for the Special Issue on “Experiencing the City: The Relation between Urban Design and People’s Well-Being”." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5: 2485.
Social support is important for people’s health and well-being. Neighbors can play an important role in this support. In collective self-build housing projects, future neighbors get to know each other during the development process. This type of development could thus contribute to a higher level of neighborhood cohesion and, therefore, be an interesting type of development where neighbors support each other. Thus far, little quantitative research has been conducted in the field of collective self-building. This study analyzed the influence of personal, household and collective self-build project characteristics on social cohesion and social support from neighbors using a path analysis. Survey data were collected in 2016 from 412 residents of 60 collective self-build housing projects in the Netherlands. The results indicate that getting to know future neighbors during the collective self-build process plays an important role in neighborhood cohesion and access to neighbor support.
Pauline Van Den Berg; Kelly van der Wielen; Stephan Maussen; Theo Arentze. A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 2021, 36, 965 -989.
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, Kelly van der Wielen, Stephan Maussen, Theo Arentze. A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 2021; 36 (3):965-989.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; Kelly van der Wielen; Stephan Maussen; Theo Arentze. 2021. "A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 36, no. 3: 965-989.
Social interaction patterns are relevant to explain (social) travel behavior. As such, the objective of this paper is to comparatively study the factors that influence social interaction frequency among social network members with different communication modes. Based on data from seven surveys on social networks, this analysis seeks to shed some light on (i) the similarities and differences in social interaction frequency patterns, (ii) the relation of personal and network characteristics with observed patterns, and (iii) the extent to which these associations are consistent across contexts, in terms of effect direction and magnitude. A multilevel-multivariate lognormal hurdle model is used to jointly analyze social interaction frequency patterns across all datasets. Level 1 includes information on ego-alter dyad characteristics, level 2 includes ego-level socio-demographic and aggregate social network characteristics, while level 3 includes information specific to each context where data was collected. In line with network capital theory, results show the existence of very consistent associations between social interaction frequency and some network and dyad characteristics such as network size, ego-alter distance, and emotional closeness, which showed some degree of generality irrespective of context. Building up on previous research, results also suggest that the effect of a higher transport cost-to-earnings ratio is more likely to manifest in the tie-formation phase, in such a way that the geographical spread of the network will tend to be smaller, but conditional on such a network distribution, the cost-to-earnings ratio effect becomes negligible. For other variables such as education level, gender and relationship type, effect patterns were less clear, which might be explained by socio-economic, and other contextual factors, as well as methodological differences across studies. The model presented here can provide average levels of demand for social interactions, which bounded by the geographical distribution of networks, can be used to further understand travel demand in urban environments and transportation systems at the local or regional level.
Giancarlos Parady; Andreas Frei; Matthias Kowald; Sergio Guidon; Michael Wicki; Pauline Van Den Berg; Juan-Antonio Carrasco; Theo Arentze; Harry Timmermans; Barry Wellman; Kiyoshi Takami; Noboru Harata; Kay Axhausen. A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries. Journal of Transport Geography 2021, 90, 102934 .
AMA StyleGiancarlos Parady, Andreas Frei, Matthias Kowald, Sergio Guidon, Michael Wicki, Pauline Van Den Berg, Juan-Antonio Carrasco, Theo Arentze, Harry Timmermans, Barry Wellman, Kiyoshi Takami, Noboru Harata, Kay Axhausen. A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries. Journal of Transport Geography. 2021; 90 ():102934.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiancarlos Parady; Andreas Frei; Matthias Kowald; Sergio Guidon; Michael Wicki; Pauline Van Den Berg; Juan-Antonio Carrasco; Theo Arentze; Harry Timmermans; Barry Wellman; Kiyoshi Takami; Noboru Harata; Kay Axhausen. 2021. "A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries." Journal of Transport Geography 90, no. : 102934.
Urban green areas, such as parks, are becoming increasingly important in densifying cities. Urban parks encourage physical and social activity, recreation and relaxation, and thus eventually promote people’s well-being. The aim of the current study is to examine which urban park attributes influence the preferences of park users, in order to offer recommendations regarding how urban parks of quality can be designed. To elicit the preferences of park visitors we designed an online stated-choice experiment. Seven park attributes, in particular the number and composition of trees and the presence of benches, side paths, a playground, litter, and flowers, were manipulated in a virtual park. In an online stated-choice task, videos of these park alternatives were presented and the preferences of 697 participants were measured. It is found that especially the number of trees and the presence of flowerbeds, particularly with a diversity of flowers, influenced participants’ preferences. The presence of many benches and a playground were valued as well, but to a lesser extent. The presence of litter was found to be less troublesome than expected. Alternatives with all trees placed in one cluster were disliked. Moreover, significant standard deviations were found for the presence of side paths, a playground, and the absence of litter, which indicates that preference heterogeneity for these attributes exist. In a latent class analysis, two groups were identified, namely a Nature-loving group, who mainly valued the trees and the flowers, and an Amenity-appreciating group, who valued almost all attributes. It can be concluded that natural elements and a variety of flower species are important in an urban park, while facilities are evaluated differently by different groups of people. These findings may support park designers and policymakers in decision-making. Moreover, it illustrates the usefulness of creating a virtual park in environmental preference research.
Esther Van Vliet; Gamze Dane; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Eveline Van Leeuwen; Mayke Van Dinter; Pauline Van Den Berg; Aloys Borgers; Kynthia Chamilothori. The Influence of Urban Park Attributes on User Preferences: Evaluation of Virtual Parks in an Online Stated-Choice Experiment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 18, 212 .
AMA StyleEsther Van Vliet, Gamze Dane, Minou Weijs-Perrée, Eveline Van Leeuwen, Mayke Van Dinter, Pauline Van Den Berg, Aloys Borgers, Kynthia Chamilothori. The Influence of Urban Park Attributes on User Preferences: Evaluation of Virtual Parks in an Online Stated-Choice Experiment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 18 (1):212.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEsther Van Vliet; Gamze Dane; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Eveline Van Leeuwen; Mayke Van Dinter; Pauline Van Den Berg; Aloys Borgers; Kynthia Chamilothori. 2020. "The Influence of Urban Park Attributes on User Preferences: Evaluation of Virtual Parks in an Online Stated-Choice Experiment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 212.
It is recognized that the urban environment, and specifically better-experienced urban public space, contribute to people’s subjective well-being. However, research on people’s momentary subjective well-being (i.e., emotional state) in relation to the multiple aspects of urban public spaces is still limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze people’s emotional state and how this is influenced by the momentary satisfaction with urban public spaces, and also controlling for personal and experience characteristics. Data of 1056 momentary experiences of 161 citizens regarding the urban public space in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, were collected by means of an experience sampling method (ESM). These data were analyzed using a mixed multinomial logit (MMNL) model for each dimension of people’s momentary subjective well-being (i.e., sense of security, comfort, happiness, and annoyance). Results of this study showed that people were happier when they were satisfied with the atmosphere of the public space and felt more secure, comfortable, and less annoyed when they were more satisfied with traffic safety. Results could be used by policymakers and urban planners to create inclusive urban public spaces where people have more positive experiences, which eventually could lead to happier, comfortable, more secure and less annoyed citizens.
Minou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg. Analyzing the Relationships between Citizens’ Emotions and their Momentary Satisfaction in Urban Public Spaces. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7921 .
AMA StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée, Gamze Dane, Pauline Van Den Berg. Analyzing the Relationships between Citizens’ Emotions and their Momentary Satisfaction in Urban Public Spaces. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):7921.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg. 2020. "Analyzing the Relationships between Citizens’ Emotions and their Momentary Satisfaction in Urban Public Spaces." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 7921.
Early studies conclude that high-rise apartment buildings present challenges for people’s quality of life, resulting in social isolation, social annoyance and anonymity for residents. Nevertheless, empirical research into factors supporting social interaction in high-rise apartment buildings is still scarce. This study aims to investigate how often and where people in high-rise neighborhoods interact, and how this is affected by personal and neighborhoods characteristics. A mixture of both quantitative and qualitative methods was used including social interaction diaries and questionnaires among 274 residents, in-depth interviews with 45 residents and objective measurement of the physical environments in four high-rise apartment buildings for low in-income people in Hanoi, Vietnam. Results demonstrate that social interaction is influenced by a number of personal and neighborhood characteristics. Furthermore, most social interactions—also gathering and accompanying playing children—take place in the circulation areas of the apartment buildings. However, the use of these spaces for different purposes of interaction is found to have negative impact on people’s privacy, the feeling of safety and cleanliness of the shared spaces. The findings of this study provide information for planners and designers on how to design and improve high-rise apartment buildings that support social interaction.
Linh Nguyen; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Masi Mohammadi. Where do People Interact in High-rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 4619 .
AMA StyleLinh Nguyen, Pauline Van Den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, Masi Mohammadi. Where do People Interact in High-rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (13):4619.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLinh Nguyen; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Masi Mohammadi. 2020. "Where do People Interact in High-rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 13: 4619.
BACKGROUND Contemporary mobile health (mHealth) interventions use various behavior change techniques to promote healthier lifestyles. Social comparison is one of the techniques that is consensually agreed to be effective in engaging the general population in mHealth interventions. However, it is unclear how this strategy can be best used to engage preadolescents. Nevertheless, this strategy has great potential for this target audience, as they are particularly developing their social skills. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate how social comparison drives preadolescents’ engagement with an mHealth app. METHODS We designed a 12-week crossover experiment in which we studied 3 approaches to implementing behavior change via social comparison. This study was hosted in a school environment to leverage naturally existing social structures among preadolescents. During the experiment, students and teachers used an mHealth tool that awarded points for performing healthy activities. Participants could read their aggregated scores on a leaderboard and compare their performance with others. In particular, these leaderboards were tweaked to implement 3 approaches of the social comparison technique. The first approach focused on intragroup comparison (ie, students and teachers competing against each other to obtain the most points), whereas the other two approaches focused on intergroup comparison (ie, classes of students and their mentoring teachers collaborating to compete against other classes). Additionally, in the third approach, the performance of teachers was highlighted to further increase students’ engagement through teachers’ natural exemplary function. To obtain our results, we used linear modeling techniques to analyze the dropout rates and engagement levels for the different approaches. In such analyses, we also considered individual participant traits. RESULTS Our sample included 313 participants—290 students (92.7%) and 23 teachers (7.3%). It was found that student engagement levels dropped over time and declined during holidays. However, students seemed to monitor the intergroup competitions more closely than the intragroup competitions, as they, on average, checked the mHealth app more often when they were engaged in team-based comparisons. Students, on average, performed the most unique activities when they were engaged in the second intergroup setting, perhaps because their teachers were most active in this setting. Moreover, teachers seemed to play an important role in engaging their students, as their relationship with their students influenced the engagement of the students. CONCLUSIONS When using social comparison to engage preadolescents with an mHealth tool, an intergroup setting, rather than an intragroup competition, motivated them to engage with the app but did not necessarily motivate them to perform more activities. It seems that the number of unique activities that preadolescents perform depends on the activeness of a role model. Moreover, this effect is amplified by preadolescents’ perceptions of closeness to that role model.
Raoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Tom Borghouts; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Ehsan Hadian; Monique Simons. Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study (Preprint). 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleRaoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten, Pieter Van Gorp, Tom Borghouts, Pascale Le Blanc, Pauline Van Den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, Ehsan Hadian, Monique Simons. Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study (Preprint). . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRaoul Ceasar Yannic Nuijten; Pieter Van Gorp; Tom Borghouts; Pascale Le Blanc; Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; Ehsan Hadian; Monique Simons. 2020. "Preadolescent Students’ Engagement With an mHealth Intervention Fostering Social Comparison for Health Behavior Change: Crossover Experimental Study (Preprint)." , no. : 1.
An increasing number of studies in transportation research have recently focused on well-being and travel satisfaction. These studies argue that satisfaction with travel is an indicator of the trip's contribution to subjective wellbeing of the traveler. Although the attention on satisfaction with travel is increasing, relatively few studies have considered satisfaction with travel of children. As children's travel is strongly linked to distance and the built environment, they would be important additional considerations to such research. Therefore, this study looks into the household, built environment and trip characteristics influencing satisfaction with travel and mood among Dutch children attending primary school. Additionally, the study considers the mediating effect of parental safety perception on satisfaction with travel and the relationship between satisfaction with travel and mood. In order to study these relationships, survey data were collected in the Netherlands from 660 children (7–12 years) and their parents. The data were analyzed using a path analysis. Findings show that parental safety perceptions are related to the age of the child, income, perceptions of neighborhood infrastructure and social cohesion. Satisfaction with school travel is higher when parental safety perception is higher, when it is sunny, when traveling with a friend and when traveling by bike when this is the favorite transport mode. Satisfaction with travel is related to children reporting a better mood. These insights can be used by policy makers to create safe school environments stimulating active travel, which in turn will improve satisfaction with travel, well-being and health among primary school-going children.
Pauline Van Den Berg; E. Owen D. Waygood; Iris van de Craats; Astrid Kemperman. Factors affecting parental safety perception, satisfaction with school travel and mood in primary school children in the Netherlands. Journal of Transport & Health 2020, 16, 100837 .
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, E. Owen D. Waygood, Iris van de Craats, Astrid Kemperman. Factors affecting parental safety perception, satisfaction with school travel and mood in primary school children in the Netherlands. Journal of Transport & Health. 2020; 16 ():100837.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; E. Owen D. Waygood; Iris van de Craats; Astrid Kemperman. 2020. "Factors affecting parental safety perception, satisfaction with school travel and mood in primary school children in the Netherlands." Journal of Transport & Health 16, no. : 100837.
Empirical research provides evidence that, in neighborhoods with higher walkability, individuals make more walking trips. However, it is not clear what the exact nature is of the relationships between neighborhood walkability and walking trips, since a higher walking frequency can be explained in different ways. This study examined whether the extra walking trips in better walkable neighborhoods are related primarily to trip generation, destination choice, or transport mode choice and whether this is the same for different age groups. A neighborhood fixed effects regression analysis was conducted in a first step to obtain a walkability measure for each neighborhood in the Netherlands including systematic as well as unobserved effects. Subsequently, the estimated fixed effects were used as walkability data for a path analysis based on a causal model to test the hypotheses stated. The results of the path analysis show direct relationships of neighborhood walkability with trip generation, destination choice, and transport mode choice, after controlling for the mutual relationships between the activity and trip variables. Comparing different age groups (i.e., children, adults, and elderly), the differences found mostly concerned the relationship between neighborhood walkability and trip generation. We concluded therefore that conditions for walkability are not the same for all age groups.
Bojing Liao; Pauline E. W. Van Den Berg; Pieter J. V. Van Wesemael; Theo A. Arentze. How Does Walkability Change Behavior? A Comparison between Different Age Groups in the Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 540 .
AMA StyleBojing Liao, Pauline E. W. Van Den Berg, Pieter J. V. Van Wesemael, Theo A. Arentze. How Does Walkability Change Behavior? A Comparison between Different Age Groups in the Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (2):540.
Chicago/Turabian StyleBojing Liao; Pauline E. W. Van Den Berg; Pieter J. V. Van Wesemael; Theo A. Arentze. 2020. "How Does Walkability Change Behavior? A Comparison between Different Age Groups in the Netherlands." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 2: 540.
Previous research has shown that personal, neighborhood, and mobility characteristics could influence life satisfaction and loneliness of people and that exposure to public spaces, such as green spaces, may also affect the extent to which people feel lonely or satisfied with life. However, previous studies mainly focused on one of these effects, resulting in a lack of knowledge about the simultaneous effects of these characteristics on loneliness and life satisfaction. This study therefore aims to gain insights into how public-space use mediates the relations between personal, neighborhood, and mobility characteristics on the one hand and loneliness and life satisfaction on the other hand. Relationships were analyzed using a path analysis approach, based on a sample of 200 residents of three neighborhoods of the Dutch city ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The results showed that the influence of frequency of public-space use on life satisfaction and loneliness is limited. The effects of personal, neighborhood, and mobility characteristics on frequency of use of public space and on loneliness and life satisfaction were found to be significant. Age and activities of daily living (ADL) are significantly related to each other, and ADL was found to influence recreational and passive space use and loneliness and life satisfaction. Policymakers should, therefore, mainly focus on creating neighborhoods that are highly walkable and accessible, where green spaces and public-transport facilities are present, to promote physical activity among all residents.
Lisanne Bergefurt; Astrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Aloys Borgers; Peter Van Der Waerden; Gert Oosterhuis; Marco Hommel. Loneliness and Life Satisfaction Explained by Public-Space Use and Mobility Patterns. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 4282 .
AMA StyleLisanne Bergefurt, Astrid Kemperman, Pauline Van Den Berg, Aloys Borgers, Peter Van Der Waerden, Gert Oosterhuis, Marco Hommel. Loneliness and Life Satisfaction Explained by Public-Space Use and Mobility Patterns. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (21):4282.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLisanne Bergefurt; Astrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Aloys Borgers; Peter Van Der Waerden; Gert Oosterhuis; Marco Hommel. 2019. "Loneliness and Life Satisfaction Explained by Public-Space Use and Mobility Patterns." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21: 4282.
Previous research has shown that the urban environment could influence people's behavior and wellbeing. However, little is still known about how the objective and subjective measures of the momentary experience of urban public spaces could contribute to the satisfaction with the urban environment of cities, which eventually could influence the momentary and long-term subjective wellbeing (SWB) of citizens. Therefore, the aim of this research is to gain insight into how momentary experience and satisfaction with the urban public space could contribute to the SWB of citizens, and thereby control for personal, contextual characteristics. Relationships were simultaneously analyzed using a multi-level path analysis approach based on a sample of 1056 momentary experiences of urban public spaces reported by 161 citizens of the urban area Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The results showed that personality and personal characteristics are highly important for explaining long-term SWB and subsequently long-term SWB positively influences momentary SWB (the degree of feeling secure, comfortable, happy and annoyed) together with the momentary satisfaction of urban public space characteristics. In addition, contextual characteristics, such as time/day and distance to facilities are important for explaining people’s momentary SWB. Policy makers and urban planners can use these results when developing policy and designing a healthy, attractive, livable and safe living environment for citizens.
Minou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg; Machiel Van Dorst; Weijs- Perrée; Dane; Van Den Berg; Van Dorst. A Multi-Level Path Analysis of the Relationships between the Momentary Experience Characteristics, Satisfaction with Urban Public Spaces, and Momentary- and Long-Term Subjective Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 3621 .
AMA StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée, Gamze Dane, Pauline Van Den Berg, Machiel Van Dorst, Weijs- Perrée, Dane, Van Den Berg, Van Dorst. A Multi-Level Path Analysis of the Relationships between the Momentary Experience Characteristics, Satisfaction with Urban Public Spaces, and Momentary- and Long-Term Subjective Wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (19):3621.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinou Weijs-Perrée; Gamze Dane; Pauline Van Den Berg; Machiel Van Dorst; Weijs- Perrée; Dane; Van Den Berg; Van Dorst. 2019. "A Multi-Level Path Analysis of the Relationships between the Momentary Experience Characteristics, Satisfaction with Urban Public Spaces, and Momentary- and Long-Term Subjective Wellbeing." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19: 3621.
Pauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; E.O.D. Waygood. Editorial for the special issue on travel and well-being. Travel Behaviour and Society 2019, 16, 182 -184.
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, Astrid Kemperman, E.O.D. Waygood. Editorial for the special issue on travel and well-being. Travel Behaviour and Society. 2019; 16 ():182-184.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; Astrid Kemperman; E.O.D. Waygood. 2019. "Editorial for the special issue on travel and well-being." Travel Behaviour and Society 16, no. : 182-184.
PurposeServiced offices are popular, offering many services and facilities to attract tenants. As research showed that most business centres occupy similar buildings, services are important to differentiate. All kinds of people use them (from freelancers to employees of large corporates) and their characteristics are likely to influence how they value different services. This study aims to identify which services/facilities are perceived as most important and whether end-user characteristics explain differences between users regarding these preferences. Serviced office owners and operators can use the insights obtained from this study to differentiate their product offer from competitors and aim for specific tenant market segments.Design/methodology/approachData were collected through a questionnaire among 137 end-users in 13 serviced offices in The Netherlands. With principal component analysis, 31 services and facilities could be reduced to six independent factors and four additional services. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine effects of user characteristics (employee demographics, job characteristics and reasons for using serviced offices) on perceived importance of each service/facility (factor).FindingsResults showed that organisational characteristics had little effect on perceived importance of services and facilities. Especially the time spent at the office and the reasons for using it showed effects on importance of different services and facilities. Amenities like a gym and childcare were not deemed important by most of the respondents.Originality/valueSo far, research on office users focused largely on single-tenant offices and large corporates. Serviced offices have only been studied from the supply side until now.
Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek; Mike Van De Kar; Pauline Van Den Berg; Theo Arentze. Employees’ preferences for services and facilities offered in serviced offices. Facilities 2019, 37, 3 -20.
AMA StyleRianne Appel-Meulenbroek, Mike Van De Kar, Pauline Van Den Berg, Theo Arentze. Employees’ preferences for services and facilities offered in serviced offices. Facilities. 2019; 37 (1/2):3-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRianne Appel-Meulenbroek; Mike Van De Kar; Pauline Van Den Berg; Theo Arentze. 2019. "Employees’ preferences for services and facilities offered in serviced offices." Facilities 37, no. 1/2: 3-20.
The social participation and integration of older adults are important aspects of healthy aging. However, in general, older adults have smaller social networks than their younger counterparts due to changes in their life cycle stage, such as retirement or age-related losses, along with a declining health and increasing mobility limitations. Consequently, with increasing age, an increasing proportion of older people experience feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Previous studies that have analyzed the relationships between loneliness, social networks, and the living environment have often been based on bivariate relationships or included only a limited number of variables. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze multiple relationships in a more comprehensive framework. Data were collected using a survey among 182 adults aged 65 years and over in the Netherlands. A Bayesian belief network (BBN) modeling approach was used that derives all direct and indirect relationships between the variables. The results showed that feelings of loneliness are directly related to satisfaction with one’s social network and neighborhood attachment and are indirectly related to perceived safety and satisfaction with local amenities and services. This knowledge is relevant to urban planners and policy makers who focus on creating livable and healthy social neighborhoods for the aging population.
Astrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Kevin Uijtdewillegen. Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 406 .
AMA StyleAstrid Kemperman, Pauline Van Den Berg, Minou Weijs-Perrée, Kevin Uijtdewillegen. Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (3):406.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAstrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Kevin Uijtdewillegen. 2019. "Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 3: 406.
With ageing, travel becomes more and more complex. Physical and cognitive abilities may decline, and thus, elderly people may experience several problems that hinder them from travelling independently. One of the most difficult issues when addressing the problem of age-related travel restrictions is the heterogeneity of the ageing population. SOULMATE offers a non-intrusive and personalized mobility package that evolves with the end-user across his/her different life stages to ensure him/her to make secure trips. SOULMATE aggregates three types of mobility support: Indoor virtual training of a route, active routing during trips and monitoring by a coach at a distance during trips. For each individual, the desired or necessary functionalities can be chosen, based on his/her specific abilities and travel needs. The SOULMATE solution will be developed iteratively, in co-creation with end-users and stakeholders, and the package will be tested intensively, and evaluated in three countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Austria) based on usability, technical and business aspects.
An Neven; Tom Bellemans; Astrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Martijn Kiers; Lex Van Velsen; Judith Urlings; Davy Janssens; Yves Vanrompay. SOULMATE - Secure Old people’s Ultimate Lifestyle Mobility by offering Augmented reality Training Experiences. Procedia Computer Science 2018, 141, 335 -342.
AMA StyleAn Neven, Tom Bellemans, Astrid Kemperman, Pauline Van Den Berg, Martijn Kiers, Lex Van Velsen, Judith Urlings, Davy Janssens, Yves Vanrompay. SOULMATE - Secure Old people’s Ultimate Lifestyle Mobility by offering Augmented reality Training Experiences. Procedia Computer Science. 2018; 141 ():335-342.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAn Neven; Tom Bellemans; Astrid Kemperman; Pauline Van Den Berg; Martijn Kiers; Lex Van Velsen; Judith Urlings; Davy Janssens; Yves Vanrompay. 2018. "SOULMATE - Secure Old people’s Ultimate Lifestyle Mobility by offering Augmented reality Training Experiences." Procedia Computer Science 141, no. : 335-342.
Pauline Van Den Berg; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Theo Arentze. Dynamics in social activity-travel patterns: Analyzing the role of life-cycle events and path dependence in face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactions. Research in Transportation Economics 2018, 68, 29 -37.
AMA StylePauline Van Den Berg, Minou Weijs-Perrée, Theo Arentze. Dynamics in social activity-travel patterns: Analyzing the role of life-cycle events and path dependence in face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactions. Research in Transportation Economics. 2018; 68 ():29-37.
Chicago/Turabian StylePauline Van Den Berg; Minou Weijs-Perrée; Theo Arentze. 2018. "Dynamics in social activity-travel patterns: Analyzing the role of life-cycle events and path dependence in face-to-face and ICT-mediated social interactions." Research in Transportation Economics 68, no. : 29-37.