Independent mobility to school and Spanish children: go, return, or both?

Ayllón, Ester (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Moyano, Nieves (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Aibar-Solana, Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Salamanca, Annabella (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Bañares, Lidia (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Little research about children’s independent mobility (CIM) to school has distinguished between the schoolchildren who only go or return (one way), from those who go and return (both ways) from school. We examined some factors associated with these forms of CIM. We examined the data of 1106 Spanish girls and boys (8–12 years old). We evaluated CIM to/from school, CIM for outdoor leisure activities, distance from home to school and children’s perceived distance. The following variables related CIM to school: perceived difficulty, attitudes and willingness for CIM to school. The children who showed independent mobility for both ways reported more CIM for their leisure activities, perceived their home as being closer and had a low perception of difficulties compared to those who only commuted to school one way. The predictors for each CIM type also differed. These findings highlight that CIM both ways is a greater form of autonomy.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2020.1737644

Año: 2020

Publicado en: CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES 19, 1 (2020), 59-73
ISSN: 1473-3285

Factor impacto JCR: 2.291 (2020)

Categ. JCR: GEOGRAPHY rank: 51 / 85 = 0.6 (2020) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.752 - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1) - Sociology and Political Science (Q1) - Social Psychology (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/CAPASCity/I-2016-013
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/FEDER/POCTEFA-2014-2020

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Expres.Corporal (Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp.)
Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Ciencias Exper. (Dpto. Didácticas Específicas)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)