Multi-stakeholder perspectives of environmental barriers to participation in travel-related activities after spinal cord injury

Cole, Shu; Whiteneck, Gale G.; Kilictepe, Safak; Wang, Weixuan; Hoback, Noah G; Zhao, Haoai

doi:10.1080/09638288.2020.1774669

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“…Cocreating with people who have different access needs, experience designers and service providers in the tourist and hospitality sector might make this achievable. Additionally, it is crucial to create inclusive, thorough and accessible travel packages for visitors with disabilities (Cole et al , 2022). Travel is a process that starts when one leaves home and finishes when one gets to the destination.…”

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Service inclusion for tourists with disabilities: scale development and validation

Awan

Shamim

Saleem

et al. 2022

JSM

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a scale for measuring service inclusion for tourists with disabilities in tourism and hospitality services. Transformative service research serves as the basis for the conceptualization and dimensionality. Design/methodology/approach To develop and purify the items as well as develop dimensions, standard scale development procedures were applied. Two studies were undertaken. In Study 1, the factorial structure of the service inclusion was constructed and confirmed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. In Study 2, the field study was conducted to validate the scale. Findings The study developed a new scale for measuring service inclusion. The results show that service inclusion is a higher-order construct with four dimensions, namely, enabling opportunity, offering choice, relieving suffering and fostering happiness. Furthermore, service inclusion has a significant effect on tourists’ well-being perception, which results in more favorable behavioral responses. The newly constructed scale is declared as valid and reliable by the study that examined it for nomological validity by examining the relationship between service inclusion and tourists’ perceptions of their well-being. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to develop measurement scale for service inclusion in the tourism and hospitality industry. The scale is proven as reliable and valid and is well suitable for measuring service inclusion for tourists with physical disabilities. It has potential to use for other relevant service contexts.

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“…The tourism and hospitality sector has not yet reached to the level of providing safe and secure accessibility to the tourists with disabilities. According to Cole et al (2022), the current situation of "partial accessibility" is mostly due to systematic ignorance of realizing the needs of the tourists with disabilities.…”

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Service inclusion for tourists with disabilities: scale development and validation

Awan

Shamim

Saleem

et al. 2022

JSM

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“…That is, it is plausible that due to barriers to participation, people with SCI do not just travel because they would like to. For example, their intrinsic motivation for travel may be diminished after encountering travel hassles or having bad travel experiences (Cole et al, 2020). Although SDT theorists have proposed that intrinsically motivated activities are optimal for positive behavioral outcomes, more research is needed to further understand the application of SDT among the population of people with SCI.…”

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“…The ability to travel is often necessary for people hoping to return as much as possible to the lifestyle they had before SCI (Cole et al, 2020; Gassaway et al, 2019). As participation in travel-related activities has the potential to make meaningful improvements in the lives of people with SCI, it is critical to look at the process of participation and how its various antecedents affect the process.…”

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How environmental and psychological factors interact with travel participation after spinal cord injury.

Cole¹,

Deci²,

Zhao³

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Rehabilitation Psychology

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Purpose/Objective: Spinal cord injury (SCI) usually causes neurological impairment, which can make traveling to places challenging. The ability to travel is nevertheless essential for societal participation, and full participation of persons in society after SCI is a key indicator of successful rehabilitation. Research has widely documented lowered level of participation of people living with SCI. To offer insights for effective intervention, the study aims to examine how psychological and environmental factors influence participation in travel related activities after SCI. Based on the self-determination theory (SDT) and the literature in participation research, the study proposed a model depicting the interrelationships among travel barriers, travel need satisfaction, travel motivation and participation of people with SCI in travel-related activities. Research Method/Design: Cross-sectional quantitative data were collected from 250 individuals enrolled in a SCI model system. Results: Path analysis reveals significant negative effect of travel barriers on respondents' need satisfaction for autonomy, which in turn affects controlled motivation (introjected and external) and amotivation. Only external motivation leads to participation in travel while amotivation negatively influences travel participation. Travel barriers were found to indirectly influence travel participation through need satisfaction for autonomy, external motivation and amotivation. Conclusions/Implications: Although people have high intrinsic motivation for travel, they do not travel for fun as much as for external motivations after SCI. Travel barriers can lower people's need satisfaction for autonomy, which results more travel for external motivation. The study provides preliminary evidence supporting an SDT-based travel participation model after SCI. Impact and ImplicationsThe study provides initial empirical evidence demonstrating possible complex and dynamic interrelations among environmental and psychological factors that predict participation of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), suggesting environmental factors in the travel setting may play an indirect role rather than a direct role in influencing participation. The study adds to self-determination theory positing that relations among psychological needs satisfaction and motivation/behavioral outcomes are likely to be different for people with SCI and people without disabilities. The study recommends interventions that consider both the environmental factors and psychological factors related to autonomy can be effective for people with SCI in the context of encouraging participation in travelrelated activities.

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“…Like previous research for example, Reference [ 6 ], this study follows the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) [ 7 ], which indicates that ‘environmental factors make up the physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives’ (p. 178). Under this definition, environmental factors broadly include social factors, such as the characteristics of the surrounding human population; specific individuals who provide physical or emotional support; the values, norms and beliefs of others; the built environment; equipment and other materials; and services designed to meet the needs of people with disability, along with the systems and policies that manage such services [ 6 ]. Finally, the ICF has suggested that any environmental factor can be a barrier either because of its presence (for example, negative attitudes towards people with disability) or its absence (for example, the lack of PA spaces).…”

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Environmental Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity among University Students with Physical Disability—A Qualitative Study in Spain

Monforte

Úbeda-Colomer

Pans

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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This paper qualitatively examines environmental factors operating as barriers and/or facilitators to participation in physical activity (PA) of people with physical disabilities. Interview data were collected from 27 Spanish university students through the innovative method of two-on-one interviews. Thereafter, data were subject to a flexible thematic analysis. Three themes were constructed: associations; PA practice spaces; and nonhumans. Concepts from different theories were used to generate meaningful interpretations around each theme. Drawing on our results, we offer several reflections and directions. Two key messages can be highlighted. First, environmental barriers and facilitators are context dependent and thus do not precede the circumstances in which they emerge. Second, Spanish universities should work harder to become relevant PA promoting environments for students with physical disability. The knowledge generated in this study is expected to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of programs promoting PA among Spanish university students with physical disability.

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Multi-stakeholder perspectives of environmental barriers to participation in travel-related activities after spinal cord injury

Cited by 9 publications

References 32 publications

Service inclusion for tourists with disabilities: scale development and validation

Service inclusion for tourists with disabilities: scale development and validation

How environmental and psychological factors interact with travel participation after spinal cord injury.

Environmental Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity among University Students with Physical Disability—A Qualitative Study in Spain

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