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Overview

Tommy Gärling is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including social psychology, accounting, general health professions, health, and general decision sciences.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Financial literacy, pension, retirement analysis
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Decision-making and behavioral economics
  • Experimental behavioral economics studies
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Urban transport and accessibility

Some of Tommy Gärling's recent publications illustrate the scope and diversity of their research. These include:

  • "From attitude to satisfaction: introducing the travel mode choice cycle," 2021, published in Transport Reviews
  • "Retirement Financial Behaviour: How Important Is Being Financially Literate?", 2020, published in Journal of Consumer Policy
  • "How emotions influence behavior in financial markets: a conceptual analysis and emotion-based account of buy-sell preferences," 2020, published in European Journal of Finance
  • "Affluence and unsustainable consumption levels: The role of consumer credit," 2020, published in Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
  • "Mediators of Differences Between Employed and Unemployed in Life Satisfaction and Emotional Well-being," 2021, published in Journal of Happiness Studies

Frequent publication venues for Tommy Gärling include:

  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Review of Behavioral Finance
  • International Journal of Wellbeing
  • Transport Reviews
  • Journal of Consumer Policy

Collaboration is evident in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Filip Fors Connolly
  • Magnus Jansson
  • Patrik Michaelsen
  • Amelie Gamble
  • Ingemar Johansson Sevä

Best Publications

  • Tracking restoration in natural and urban field settings.

    Terry Hartig;Gary W Evans;Larry D Jamner;Deborah S Davis

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN: CONCEPTUAL DEFINITIONS, MEASUREMENT METHODS, AND RESEARCH FINDINGS

    Niklas Fransson;Tommy Gärling

  • A measure of restorative quality in environments

    Terry Hartig;Kalevi Korpela;Gary W. Evans;Tommy Gärling

  • Quality attributes of public transport that attract car users : A research review

    Lauren Redman;Margareta Friman;Tommy Gärling;Tommy Gärling;Terry Hartig

  • Activity‐based approaches to travel analysis: conceptual frameworks, models, and research problems

    Kay W. Axhausen;Tommy Gärling

  • Moderating effects of social value orientation on determinants of proenvironmental behavior intention

    Tommy Gärling;Satoshi Fujii;Anita Gärling;Anita Gärling;Cecilia Jakobsson

  • Selective attention and heart rate responses to natural and urban environments.

    Karin Laumann;Tommy Gärling;Kjell Morten Stormark

  • Introduction: Habitual travel choice

    Tommy Gärling;Kay W. Axhausen

  • The relationships between awareness of consequences, environmental concern, and value orientations.

    André Hansla;Amelie Gamble;Asgeir Juliusson;Tommy Gärling

  • Environmental influences on psychological restoration

    Terry Hartig;Anders Böök;Jörgen Garvill;Tommy Olsson

  • PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR GREEN ELECTRICITY

    André Hansla;Amelie Gamble;Asgeir Juliusson;Tommy Gärling

  • Travel Demand Management Targeting Reduced Private Car Use: Effectiveness, Public Acceptability and Political Feasibility

    Tommy Gärling;Geertje Schuitema

  • RATING SCALE MEASURES OF RESTORATIVE COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENTS

    Karin Laumann;Tommy Gärling;Kjell Morten Stormark

  • Happiness and Satisfaction with work commute

    Lars E. Olsson;Tommy Gärling;Tommy Gärling;Dick Ettema;Margareta Friman

  • Out-of-home activities, daily travel, and subjective well-being

    Dick Ettema;Tommy Gärling;Lars E. Olsson;Margareta Friman

  • Behaviour Theory and Soft Transport Policy Measures

    Sebastian Bamberg;Satoshi Fujii;Margareta Friman;Tommy Gärling

  • Satisfaction with travel and subjective well-being: Development and test of a measurement tool

    Dick Ettema;Tommy Gärling;Tommy Gärling;Lars Eriksson;Margareta Friman

  • Determinants of private car users' acceptance of road pricing

    C Jakobsson;S Fujii;T Gärling

  • Extended Framework for Modeling Choice Behavior

    Moshe Ben-Akiva;Denis Bolduc;Philippe Delquie;Tommy Gärling

  • Affect and decision making: A hot topic

    Ellen Peters;Daniel Västfjäll;Tommy Gärling;Paul Slovic

  • Changes in Drivers’ Perceptions and Use of Public Transport during a Freeway Closure Effects of Temporary Structural Change on Cooperation in a Real-Life Social Dilemma

    Satoshi Fujii;Tommy Gärling;Ryuichi Kitamura

  • An analysis of international business-to-business relationships based on the Commitment–Trust theory

    Margareta Friman;Tommy Gärling;Bruce Millett;Jan Mattsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Västfjäll
Daniel Västfjäll Linköping University
Terry Hartig
Terry Hartig Uppsala University
Gary W. Evans
Gary W. Evans Cornell University
Jaan Valsiner
Jaan Valsiner Aalborg University
Linda Steg
Linda Steg University of Groningen
Kalevi Korpela
Kalevi Korpela Tampere University
Manuel Carreiras
Manuel Carreiras Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Martin Eisemann
Martin Eisemann University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Willem A. Arrindell
Willem A. Arrindell University of Groningen

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