Title of Paper

Relationships among travel, social and occupational participation, and life satisfaction for people with mobility disability: A longitudinal analysis

Author Bios (50 Words for each Author)

Shu Cole is Professor in the Department of Health & Wellness Design at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. Her current funded research focuses on the psychological process of travel participation for people with spinal cord injury. She also conducts research on the health benefits of travel for older adults.

Zikun Wang is currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB). Her doctoral work explores the modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases prevention and treatment, particularly in cancers. She holds a MPH in Epidemiology from IUB.

Chenggang Hua is a doctoral student in Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington’s Department of Health & Wellness Design. His research focuses on travel’s social/psychological impacts on people with disabilities. He is particularly interested in tourism’s impacts on social integration and health perceptions of people with disabilities and older adults.

Zhongxue Chen is an associate professor in biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Indiana University-Bloomington. He obtained PhD in statistics from Southern Methodist University. His research interests include statistical genetics, bioinformatics, statistical methodology, survival data analysis, and collaborative research. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers.

Abstract (150 Words)

Although people with mobility disability, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), often report great environmental and attitudinal challenges while traveling, research has found that traveling is important to people with SCI because travel activities may contribute to their social engagement and life satisfaction. Since SCI is a lifelong injury, it is important to better understand the transitions of individuals life following SCI and how factors such as traveling influence the long-term management of SCI, participation in society, and life satisfaction. Using a longitudinal research method, the study identified an increasing pattern of life satisfaction and declining trends of travel, social and occupational participation among 17,143 people with SCI wo registered in the SCI Model Systems from 1996 to 2016. In addition, results of the study suggest travel activities can positively contribute to social and occupation participation of people with SCI and their life satisfaction over time.

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Relationships among travel, social and occupational participation, and life satisfaction for people with mobility disability: A longitudinal analysis

Although people with mobility disability, such as spinal cord injury (SCI), often report great environmental and attitudinal challenges while traveling, research has found that traveling is important to people with SCI because travel activities may contribute to their social engagement and life satisfaction. Since SCI is a lifelong injury, it is important to better understand the transitions of individuals life following SCI and how factors such as traveling influence the long-term management of SCI, participation in society, and life satisfaction. Using a longitudinal research method, the study identified an increasing pattern of life satisfaction and declining trends of travel, social and occupational participation among 17,143 people with SCI wo registered in the SCI Model Systems from 1996 to 2016. In addition, results of the study suggest travel activities can positively contribute to social and occupation participation of people with SCI and their life satisfaction over time.