Environmental Concern and Involvement of Individuals in Selected Voluntary Associations

Schuett, Michael A.; Ostergren, David

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“…Also, outdoor recreation areas are a likely source to further expand environmental educational information and interpretation to promote protection and stewardship (Thapa & Graefe, 2003). Results could also have various policy and practical implications (Nord, Luloff, & Bridger, 1998;Schuett & Ostergren, 2003;Teisl & O'Brien, 2003). Nord et al (1998, p. 236) indicated that "if outdoor recreation leads to increased environmentalism, then funding, promoting, and operating parks and outdoor recreation facilities and programs may be effective components of a strategy for protecting and improving the natural environment.…”

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“…Individual and societal values are influencing catalysts in value formation, environmentalism, and outdoor recreation participation. Value-orientations and respective environmental worldview can be convergent or divergent among recreationists that can create major challenges to natural resource managers (Schuett & Ostergren, 2003). However, knowledge of recreationists' environmental values and ethics are instrumental for natural resources management and public policy (Manning, Valliere, & Minteer, 1996).…”

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The Mediation Effect of Outdoor Recreation Participation on Environmental Attitude-Behavior Correspondence

Thapa

2010

The Journal of Environmental Education

129

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Outdoor recreation participation has increased over the past decades and is projected for further growth. Given the increase, it is important to assess recreationists' environmental values, activity style, general, and site-specific attitudes and behaviors to promote environmental stewardship, and to develop effective strategies in natural resource management and public policy. This study explored recreationists' environmental attitude-behavior relationship and the impact of outdoor recreation activity orientation (as a mediator variable) on attitude-behavior correspondence. Overall, attitudes exhibited stronger direct relationships with behaviors, when compared to the effect of participation on behaviors. The influence of activity participation on attitude-behavior correspondence was not significantly demonstrative. The association between participation in outdoor recreation and environmentalism is complex, and there is a need for additional research to better understand the relationship.

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The Mediation Effect of Outdoor Recreation Participation on Environmental Attitude-Behavior Correspondence

Thapa

2010

The Journal of Environmental Education

129

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“…This tripart factor structure was then somewhat confirmed by Geller and Lasley (1985). Since that time, a number of studies have found that the NEP scale, in both the original and the revised versions, has two or more dimensions (e.g., Bechtel et al, 2006;Corral-Verdugo & Armendariz, 2000;Edgell & Nowell, 1989;Englis & Phillips, 2013;Fleury-Bahi et al, 2015;Furman, 1998;Gooch, 1995;Noe & Snow, 1990;Schuett & Ostergren, 2003;Woodworth et al, 2011).…”

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The Structure and Coherence of the New Environmental Paradigm: Reconceptualizing the Dimensionality Debate

Xiao¹,

Buhrmann²

2017

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This research examines the structure and coherence of an emerging environmental world view as measured by the new environmental paradigm (NEP) scale, developed by Dunlap and Van Liere (1978). We utilize data from two independent surveys of three communities in Colorado and Wyoming, United States, in 1997 and 2012, and examine the extent to which this world view has been accepted by the general public. Using factor analysis, we focus our attention on the structure and coherence of the NEP, as well as the dimensionality of this scale, revisiting the original question raised by Dunlap and Van Liere of whether a coherent ecological world view has emerged among the general public at this point in time. Comparisons between the two surveys reveal that both the structure and coherence of the NEP are highly consistent and stable over time, lending support to the belief that the general public within our study areas has indeed developed such a world view.

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“…At the most general level, the question of whether individuals who participate in outdoor recreation activities are more environmentally conscious than those who don't has been addressed [32,33]. At a more specific level, differences between specific types of recreational activities (i.e., consumptive vs. appreciative vs. motorized) have been examined [34][35][36][37]. At the most finely tuned level is the question of whether significant differences exist within specific activity types or within specific activities.…”

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Environmental Attitudes and Desired Social-Psychological Benefits of Off-Highway Vehicle Users

Smith

Burr

2011

Forests

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This research analyzes the relationships between off-highway vehicle (OHV) riders' patterns of prior experience and the social-psychological benefits they desire from the activity; it also examines the relationships between patterns of prior experience and environmental attitudes. The sample consists of 600 OHV riders in Utah drawn from the entire population of OHV owners within the state. The sample was segmented into experience use history groups based upon respondents' number of OHV trips within the past 12 months and the total number of years they have been riding OHVs. Results show that patterns of prior experience are related to certain desired social-psychological benefits. Personal achievement benefits were significantly more important for more frequent riders when compared to those who rode less often. The analysis also reveals no relationship between patterns of prior experience and general environmental attitudes.

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Environmental Concern and Involvement of Individuals in Selected Voluntary Associations

Cited by 20 publications

References 21 publications

The Mediation Effect of Outdoor Recreation Participation on Environmental Attitude-Behavior Correspondence

The Mediation Effect of Outdoor Recreation Participation on Environmental Attitude-Behavior Correspondence

The Structure and Coherence of the New Environmental Paradigm: Reconceptualizing the Dimensionality Debate

Environmental Attitudes and Desired Social-Psychological Benefits of Off-Highway Vehicle Users

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