INSTRUMENTAL-REASONED AND SYMBOLIC-AFFECTIVE MOTIVES FOR USING A MOTOR CAR

By L. Steg, C. Vlek, G. Slotegraaf. 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Social Psychology

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Travel information as an instrument to change cardrivers’ travel choices: a literature review (2006, background): “Travel information as an instrument to change car-drivers’ travel choices: a literature review European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research 342 Tertoolen et al., 1998; Steg et al., 2001; Thogersen, 2001; Ellaway et al., 2003; Bos et al., 2004; Steg, 2005; Anable and Gatersleben, 2005).”
Motivating Sustainable Consumption (2008, methodology): “Stern et al (1986) used the theory to investigate support for environmental protection, Hopper and Nielsen (1991) and Vining and Ebreo (1990 & 1992) used it to examine recycling behaviours, Black et al (1995) to explain household energy adaptations and Bamberg and Schmidt (2003) to explore alternati”
Affective-Symbolic and Instrumental-Independence Psychological Motives Mediating Effects of Socio-Demographic Variables on Daily Car Use (2011, background): “Some previous studies have distinguished between affective-symbolic and instrumental psychological motives for car use (e.g. Steg et al. 2001), whereas other studies have concluded that it is not possible to identify different motives (e.g. Mann & Abraham, 2006).”
A multi-level analysis of sustainable mobility transitions: Niche development in the UK and Sweden (2008, background): “, [76]), there are greater policy challenges associated with tackling the socio-cultural determinants of demand [41].”
The adoption of sustainable innovations: Driven by symbolic and environmental motives (2014, unknown): “We carefully selected 22 car attributes reflecting instrumental, environmental, and symbolic attributes, on the basis of prior research (Dittmar, 1992; Steg et al., 2001; Steg, 2005; Vrkljan and Anaby, 2011), and discussions on (electric) cars in reviews and Internet forums (e.g., autoweek.nl).”
The role of instrumental, hedonic and symbolic attributes in the intention to adopt electric vehicles (2013, background): “In general, car use and car ownership are typically associated with instrumental, hedonic, and symbolic attributes (e.g., Anable and Gatersleben, 2005; Bergstad et al., 2011; Steg, Vlek, and Slotegraaf, 2001; Steg, 2005; Turrentine and Kurani, 2007).”
Emotions as determinants of electric car usage intention (2012, unknown): “com, 2011; Sheller, 2004 ; Steg, Vlek, & Slotegraaf, 2001 ).”
Exploring consumer preferences towards electric vehicles: The influence of consumer innovativeness (2016, background): “…of transitioning towards a sustainable transport system (Gehlert et al., 2013), with the importance of attitudes (Gärling et al., 1998) alongside affective and symbolic motives (Steg et al., 2001; Steg, 2005) in explaining travel behaviour now being well established (van Acker et al., 2010).”
Green identity, green living? The role of pro-environmental self-identity in determining consistency across diverse pro-environmental behaviours (2010, background): “In addition, the lack of influence of proenvironmental self-identity on travel behaviours may suggest competing identities, such 20" as strong social identities associated with car ownership and taking foreign holidays (Barr, Coles, & Shaw, 2008; Steg et al., 2001).”
Transit market research using structural equation modeling and attitudinal market segmentation (2008, background): “This is supported by significant work on understanding motivational and affective factors, as well as their effect and relative importance on mode choice comparing to instrumental variables (Steg et al., 2001a, b; Steg, 2005; Gardner and Abraham, 2007; Anable and Gatersleben, 2005).”