Testing a Model of Human Spatial Navigation Attitudes Towards Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Overview

Journal Sensors (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2022 May 20

PMID 35591159

Authors

Carmen Moret-Tatay

Maddalena Boccia

Alice Teghil

Cecilia Guariglia

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Abstract

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) can provide better data quality for different purposes; however, some age groups might lie outside its use. Understanding the barriers to its adoption is of interest in different fields. This work aims at developing a measurement instrument of the adoption attitudes towards this technology and examining the relationship of variables such as age and gender. A UTAUT model was tested on 350 participants. The main results can be summarised as follows: (i) the proposed GNSS scale on human spatial navigation attitudes towards geopositioning technology showed optimal psychometric properties; (ii) although statistically significant differences were found in the Wayfinding Questionnaire (WQ) between men and women, these did not reach the level of statistical significance for the scores on attitudes towards GNSS; (iii) by testing a model on human spatial navigation attitudes towards geopositioning technology, it was possible to show a higher relationship with age in women.

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