הסמינר השבועי: התרומה של תנועתיות לשגשוג האישי של נשים

הסמינר השבועי של החוג ללימודי הסביבה 

יום שני, 25 בנובמבר 2019, שעה 15:00-16:00

בניין הקפסולה, אודיטוריום (קומה 1-)

הסמינר השבועי: התרומה של תנועתיות לשגשוג האישי של נשים 

גב' בקי שליסלברג

סטודנטית במסלול המחקרי בחוג ללימודי הסביבה, בשלבי סיום המחקר קבלת התואר

מטרת המחקר הייתה לאתר מסגרת לקידום מדיניות תחבורה מקיימת, ובעיקר בתחום של קיימות חברתית.  מדיניות התחבורה היום נגזרת מיעדים של צמיחה כלכלית. המחקר מציב תועלות תחבורתיות נוספות לקידום שגשוג הפרט ולהעצמת נשים במיוחד.

The Contribution of Motility to Women’s Personal Wellbeing:
A Quantitative Analysis 

1*Rebecca Shliselberg,    1Moshe Givoni, 2Sigal Kaplan

*rebeccashliselberg@gmail.com,

1Tel Aviv University, Israel

2Hebrew University, Israel

Transport policy at the human scale aims at promoting happiness and wellbeing, incorporating both hedonic happiness derived from positive experiences, and eudemonic happiness, derived from individual flourishing and self-realization. Motility, by capturing the accrued value of mobility experiences, links transport systems to eudemonic happiness, or personal wellbeing. The study seeks to establish a quantitative relationship between motility, comprised of personal access, mobility skills and cognitive appropriation (Flamm and Kaufmann, 2006)  to personal wellbeing combining relatedness, competencies and autonomy (Deci and Ryan, 2000; Ryan et al., 2008). 

The sample of 1,116 Jewish women living in Israel, have varied socio-economic characteristics, with a relatively homogenous set of norms and expectations in a common social and cultural context (Miralles-Guasch et al., 2016). Exploratory factor analysis identified five factors for motility and four factors for personal wellbeing. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling linked motility variables to measures of wellbeing, with observed indicators for mobility histories contributing to motility factors. The model fits reasonably well, with CFI  of 0.839, close to the recommended value, and RMSEA of 0.055 (p=.000) relative to the recommended maximum value of less than 0.06-0.08 (Schreiber et al., 2006).

Motility factors for skills and openness to new people and places influenced all four wellbeing factors: positive relations, personal growth, autonomy, and self-acceptance. Residential access influenced positive relations with others, while travel self-confidence contributed directly to autonomy. Observed variables related to mobility histories contribute to travel self-confidence and openness to new places and people. Daily mobility experiences were important for mobility skills.

Motility brings forward a way to assess human-scale transport policies that build skills, self-confidence and openness that can only come from travel experiences.  The findings support a value chain from mobility experiences to motility to personal wellbeing. This linkage provides an additional assessment mechanism for transport policies.

References

Deci, E.L., Ryan, M., 2000. Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Scale - In General.

Flamm, M., Kaufmann, V., 2006. Operationalising the Concept of Motility: A Qualitative Study. Mobilities 1, 167–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100600726563

Miralles-Guasch, C., Melo, M.M., Marquet, O., 2016. A gender analysis of everyday mobility in urban and rural territories: from challenges to sustainability. Gender, Place Cult. 23, 398–417. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2015.1013448

Ryan, R.M., Huta, V., Deci, E.L., 2008. Living well: A self-determination theory perspective on eudaimonia. J. Happiness Stud. 9, 139–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-006-9023-4

Schreiber, J.B., Nora, A., Stage, F.K., Barlow, E.A., King, J., 2006. Reporting Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results: A Review. J. Educ. Res. 99, 323–338. https://doi.org/10.3200/JOER.99.6.323-338