Subjective travel impedance as a moderator of the relationship between objective travel impedance and public commuter stress and mood

• Main Authors: Abella, Dorothy Minette C., Ang, Jennifer G., Lim, Ian Joren P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Stress management; Stress (Psychology); Commuters > Attitudes.; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10481
• Institution: De La Salle University

The researchers aimed to examine how subjective travel impedance serves as a moderator of the relationship between objective travel impedance and public commuter stress and mood. A total of 126 students and 126 workers in De La Salle University-Manila were asked to answer survey questionnaires. There were 4 different survey questionnaires that measured the 4 variables. Among the scales, only the Multidimensional Mood Questionnaire was administered twice upon arrival at school or workplace. The other scales were allowed to be answered during break time. Hierarchical regression was used to test for moderation. The researchers found that subjective travel impedance is a moderating factor in the relationship of objective travel impedance and public commuter stress while it is not a moderator of mood. With subjective travel impedance moderating the effects of the objective travel impedance to stress, stress is high when subjective and objective travel impedance are high but stress is even higher when objective travel impedance is low. Stress, on the other hand is low when subjective travel impedance is low. Stress is lower when objective travel impedance is low. Through this moderation, it may pave the way to help further research look into how to alleviate public commuter stress.