MODEL OF MEDIATING FACTORS OF TRANSFER HABITUS IN THE COVID-19 ERA

Abstract

Public transport was a scenario for anti-COVID-19 policies once it was established as a source of contagion. The strategies of distancing and use of anti-COVID-19 devices were implemented in public transport as a preventive measure. Users developed a habitus of transfer or negotiation around preventive strategies. Ethos, aesthesis, hexis, eidos were modes of negotiation of mobility spaces in public transport. Ethos refers to the ability to generate mobility principles adjusted to distancing, but to the benefit of one of the parties involved who is less favored with the strategy, as is the case of the vendors. Aesthesis means the appreciation of public transport as a means of concerted satisfaction with users who appropriate the mobility space. Hexis suggests limited expressiveness, but on the border of distancing, as is the case with the way of sneezing. Eidos or reasons for transfer established by the guidelines of the transport system, such as prioritizing those who use transport to go to work. The transfer habitus explains the appropriate use of transport, although in the case of eidos or motives, the discussion focuses on whether it is the social, environmental or personal dimensions that affect the appropriate use of transport. Therefore, the aim of the study was to model the relationships between commuting habitus in order to anticipate the appropriate use of transportation. A cross-sectional, mediational and psychometric study was carried out with a sample of 100 student users of public transport during the pandemic. It was found that personal motives, a component of the habitus eidos, is a determining factor in the proper use of transportation. In turn, the vision of the future, a component of the habitus ethos, is a determinant of social motivations and the proper use of transportation. Therefore, it is recommended to guide public policy towards the ethical and motivational habitus of transfer.