The International Wayfinding Strategy Scale: evidence for cross-cultural use with a sample from the UK.
This study suggested Lawton and Kallai's 2002 International Wayfinding Strategy Scale was appropriate for use in the UK. Participants at a northeastern English university (N = 148) completed the scale. Principal components analysis (oblimin rotation) with 2 factors specified supported the expected structure and indicated the scale could be used to measure wayfinding strategies across cultures; however, 1 of the 17 original items on the scale was not suitable for use with a UK sample and 1 item loaded on the opposite factor as expected. The resulting orientation strategy score was used more by men, but the mean route strategy scale scores did not differ by sex.
Charleston
Stephanie
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Department of Psychology, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR6 0DD, UK. stephanie.charleston@sunderland.ac.uk
D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009949:Orientation; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States