Children's active school transportation: an international scoping review of psychosocial factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last decades, the prevalence of AST has decreased significantly. Barriers to active school transport (AST) have been extensively examined in the literature, while psychosocial factors that facilitate AST have received less attention. To our best knowledge, there are currently no reviews on this subject. Therefore, the objective of this review was to scope the literature and identify published research about psychosocial factors related to AST.

Methods

Systematic searches conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, TRID, Scopus, and ERIC resulted in a total of 1933 publications, and 77 of them were considered eligible for this review.

Results

The results of the included articles were categorised into four psychosocial factors: confidence in ability, attitu

SUBMITTER: Savolainen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826279 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature