Araç içi aktivitelerin yolcuların stresi ve hayat tatmini üzerindeki etkisi

Due to the increased commuting hours in our daily lives, one stream of research has investigated psychological outcomes of commuting depending on commute mode and other factors which are caused or affected by the mode such as predictability of the journey, travel duration, commuter's perceived control and so on. Another stream of research has investigated in-vehicle activities while commuting and their effects on commute satisfaction. However, no prior research combined these two and looked into the effects of in-vehicle activities on psychological outcomes beyond commute satisfaction. This study investigated the activity type while commuting --rather than commute mode-- and its effects on commuter's psychological outcomes, such as perceived commute and life stress and life satisfaction. Data was collected from 306 participants. Results showed that frequency rate of in-vehicle activities do not have significant direct effects on perceived commute and life stress. Yet, we showed that higher commute unpredictability and less perceived control lead to higher perceived commute stress for both directions of commute. Perceived commute stress was lower during return commutes. There was a significant and positive relationship between commute and life satisfaction. On both directions, more frequent use of passive in-vehicle activities led to more commute satisfaction than active in-vehicle activities. Although the difference is insignificant, commuters who shared their ride had higher commute satisfaction scores than non-ridesharers for both ways. Additionally, we found that drivers reported significantly higher commute satisfaction scores than non-drivers.