GPS Reliance Scale (He & Hegarty, 2020)
Participants respond to items on a 5-point scale, with a higher overall average score indicating greater reliance on using GPS. The responses are score as followed:
- Always (5)
- Most of the time (4)
- About half the time (3)
- Less than half of the time (2)
- Never (1)
Participants first see the following instructions, then answer 8 statements:
Please respond how much you RELY ON the benefits of a GPS in the following situation. (unfamiliar means you have traveled less than twice before in the situation described below.)
1. Do you rely on GPS when:
Deciding which direction to walk in an unfamiliar city or town after coming out of a train/bus/metro station.
2. Do you rely on GPS when:
Finding my way to an appointment in an unfamiliar area of a city or town.
3. Do you rely on GPS when:
Leaving a store that I have been to for a couple of times and deciding which way to turn to get to a destination.
4. Do you rely on GPS when:
Finding my way back to a familiar area after realizing I have made a wrong turn.
5. Do you rely on GPS when:
Returning from a familiar place to my home, if I have never gone home directly from this place before.
6. Do you rely on GPS when:
Taking a novel detour to a familiar place, due to a roadblock on my usual route.
7. Do you rely on GPS when:
Finding my way to an appointment in an area of a city or town with which I am only roughly familiar.
8. Do you rely on GPS when:
Traveling to a new place after getting someone’s directions.