Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding

Jinhee Jun; Gerard Kyle; Jim Absher; Gene Theodori

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Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding

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Authors:

Jinhee Jun, Gerard Kyle, Jim Absher, Gene Theodori

Year:

2010

Type:

General Technical Report - Proceedings

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Watts, Clifton E., Jr.; Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc, eds. Proceedings of the 2009 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-66. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 120-126.

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Abstract

In this investigation, we adapted identity theory to reassess place attachment, a multidimensional concept with cognitive, affective, and conative elements. We hypothesized that the cognitive component--place identity--is an antecedent of the affective and conative facets of place attachment. We empirically tested this reconceptualization using data from a wildland-urban interface survey conducted in San Diego (n = 729) and Los Angeles (n = 929), CA. Analyses of both data sets provided strong support for our reconceptualization of the place attachment construct and its associated measures. We suggest that identification processes are a driver of other affective and conative elements of place attachment, rather than existing on the same temporal plane.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2009 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Jun, Jinhee; Kyle, Gerard; Absher, James; Theodori, Gene. 2010. Repositioning identity in conceptualizations of human-place bonding. In: Watts, Clifton E., Jr.; Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc, eds. Proceedings of the 2009 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-66. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 120-126.