Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults
Walkability has now been a popular policy to be adopted in the city centre as traffic congestion and inefficient public transportation have affected the mobility of the urban users prior to the pandemic. The pandemic has paved more efforts to improve the design of urb...
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| author | Ahmad Syukri Bashri Rohayah Che Amat |
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| description | Walkability has now been a popular policy to be adopted in the city centre as traffic congestion and inefficient public transportation have affected the mobility of the urban users prior to the pandemic. The pandemic has paved more efforts to improve the design of urban spaces to increase walkability in the cities. In the attempt to predict walking activity amongst Malaysian adults psychologically, a personality test using Big Five Aspect Scales (BFAS) was conducted in relation to individual walking frequency in urban settings. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the predicting capacity of personality constructs control by general intelligence in relation to walking behaviour. The results show that the higher order meta-t raits of the big five personality traits which areStability (Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and Plasticity (Extraversion and Openness to Experience) can be used as a reliable predictor for individual walking behaviour. As hypothesized, walking behaviour amongst Malaysians was characterized by reversed Stability (r = -.58) and high Plasticity (r = .76). The implication suggested the necessity of cognitive navigability and design predictability metrics of urban design cognitive performance in influencing the psychological factor of walking behaviour |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e776bd7edc9468f93611eafc97e50332022-12-22T04:10:19ZengUniversiti Teknologi MalaysiaInternational Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability2289-89482022-01-019110.11113/ijbes.v9.n1.893Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian AdultsAhmad Syukri Bashri0Rohayah Che Amat1Malaysian Urban Design Association, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaRazak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWalkability has now been a popular policy to be adopted in the city centre as traffic congestion and inefficient public transportation have affected the mobility of the urban users prior to the pandemic. The pandemic has paved more efforts to improve the design of urban spaces to increase walkability in the cities. In the attempt to predict walking activity amongst Malaysian adults psychologically, a personality test using Big Five Aspect Scales (BFAS) was conducted in relation to individual walking frequency in urban settings. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the predicting capacity of personality constructs control by general intelligence in relation to walking behaviour. The results show that the higher order meta-t raits of the big five personality traits which areStability (Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and Plasticity (Extraversion and Openness to Experience) can be used as a reliable predictor for individual walking behaviour. As hypothesized, walking behaviour amongst Malaysians was characterized by reversed Stability (r = -.58) and high Plasticity (r = .76). The implication suggested the necessity of cognitive navigability and design predictability metrics of urban design cognitive performance in influencing the psychological factor of walking behaviourhttps://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/893/255environmental psychologyhigher order factorsmeta-traitsstabilityplasticitywalking behaviour |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad Syukri Bashri Rohayah Che Amat Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability environmental psychology higher order factors meta-traits stability plasticity walking behaviour |
| title | Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults |
| title_full | Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults |
| title_fullStr | Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults |
| title_short | Personality and Walkability: Predicting Walking Behaviour in Urban Settings using the Higher Order Factors of the Big Five amongst Malaysian Adults |
| title_sort | personality and walkability predicting walking behaviour in urban settings using the higher order factors of the big five amongst malaysian adults |
| topic | environmental psychology higher order factors meta-traits stability plasticity walking behaviour |
| url | https://ijbes.utm.my/index.php/ijbes/article/view/893/255 |
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