Motivations and sensation seeking characteristics of recreational storm chasers

Shuangyu Xu; Sonja Wilhelm Stanis; Carla Barbieri; Jiawen Chen

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Motivations and sensation seeking characteristics of recreational storm chasers

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Authors:

Shuangyu Xu, Sonja Wilhelm Stanis, Carla Barbieri, Jiawen Chen

Year:

2012

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 23-29.

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Abstract

Little is known about recreational storm chasing, a type of risk recreation that has increased in popularity since the 1990s. This study was conducted to understand factors associated with participation in recreational storm chasing in the United States. Particularly, this study assessed the motivations and sensation seeking attributes of recreational storm chasers, as well as the relationship between both constructs.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Xu, Shuangyu; Stanis, Sonja Wilhelm; Barbieri, Carla; Chen, Jiawen. 2012. Motivations and sensation seeking characteristics of recreational storm chasers. In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 23-29.