The Direction of Causality Between Perceptions, Affect, and Behavior: An Application to Travel Behavior

This study investigates the relationship between perceptions, affect, and behavior regarding choices of transportation modes. Applying nonrecursive structural equations to a sample of over 800 respondents, the hypothesis that attitudes and behavior mutually influence each other is confirmed. It is also shown that affect can mediate the impact of attribute perception on behavior.

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