Staying on or getting off the sidewalk? Testing the Mehrabian-Russell Model on pedestrian behavior

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dc.contributor.authorAlberto Ortiz-Ramirez, Hernan
dc.contributor.authorAgustin Vallejo-Borda, Jose
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Valencia, Alvaro
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T23:50:33Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T23:50:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSocial and environmental psychology provide a variety of models based on which to understand how built environments can elicit people?s behavioral responses. The MehrabianRussell model (MRM), initially presented in 1974, provides a framework that explains avoid?approach behavior towards a place based on a primary emotional response (PER) and affective states elicited by the perceived stimuli from the environment. However, despite the potential applications of the MRM in travel behavior studies, traditional models (e.g., discrete choice models and integrated choice latent variable) do not incorporate this specific psychological process that converts environmental stimuli into behavioral responses. Hence, this paper aims to test the applicability of MRM to urban sidewalks. To fulfill this objective, we developed a two-level structural equation model using latent variables (LV) identified from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) based on 1056 in person surveys on 30 different sidewalks in Bogot?, Colombia. We then evaluated the effect of the PER on declared avoidance as a proxy of behavioral intention. The CFA uncovered three LV equivalent to the three affective dimensions of the MRM?arousal, pleasure, and dominance?followed by a fourth LV, representing the PER, which explains the three previous LVs. This confirms the applicability of these kinds of psychological and environmental models in pedestrian behavior evaluation. We found that PER can explain the declared intention of avoidance towards the sidewalk in an urban setting. Proving that this kind of model can explain the way in which the built environment can elicit pedestrians? emotional responses and subsequent behaviors, provides information that can be used as input in travel behavior studies focusing on the promotion of active traveling and mode change. ? 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trf.2021.03.007
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5517
dc.identifier.issn1369-8478
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2021.03.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/94719
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000641904800036
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final494
dc.pagina.inicio480
dc.revistaTransportation research part f-traffic psychology and behaviour
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectPedestrian behavior
dc.subjectSidewalk approach
dc.subjectMehrabian-Russell model
dc.subjectSensory perception
dc.subjectPleasure
dc.subjectDominance
dc.subjectArousal
dc.subject.ods11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subject.odspa11 Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.titleStaying on or getting off the sidewalk? Testing the Mehrabian-Russell Model on pedestrian behavior
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen78
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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