Exploring the relationship between outdoor recreation activities, community participation, and environmental attitudes

Lindsey Barker; Chad Dawson

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Exploring the relationship between outdoor recreation activities, community participation, and environmental attitudes

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lindsey Barker, Chad Dawson

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: 190-196.

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Abstract

The relationship between environmental attitudes (EA) and environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) has been the focus of several studies in environmental psychology and recreation research. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between EAs and ERBs at both a general level and at an activity-specific level using a 2009 survey of motorized recreationists (all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders). Questions to measure general attitudes were adapted from the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) and activity-specific environmental attitude questions were developed from the literature.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Barker, Lindsey; Dawson, Chad. 2012. Exploring the relationship between outdoor recreation activities, community participation, and environmental attitudes. 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: 190-196.