A Study on The Relationships among Recreation Involvement, Place Dependence, Place Identity, and Environmentally Responsible Behavior:A Case of SCUBA Activity

• Main Authors: Tien-hao Ou, 歐典灝
• Other Authors: Kuan-yu Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27745673905566528462

碩士 === 南華大學 === 旅遊事業管理學系碩士班 === 98 === 　　The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among recreation involvement, place dependence, place identity and environmentally responsible behavior as well as clarify the mediating effects of place dependence and place identity in their relationships. A total of 401 valid questionnaires were collected from a sample of SCUBA divers in Taiwan. The results show that recreation involvement has positive effect on place dependence, place identity and environmentally responsible behavior. In turn, place dependence has positive effect on place identity. Lastly place dependence and place identity has positive effect on environmentally responsible behavior. Moreover, place dependence and place identity, as an intermediate variable, has a significant influence on the relationship between recreation involvement and environmentally responsible behavior.