A Study on the Relationships between Scuba Diver’s Recreation Specialization and Environmentally Responsible Behavior: the Mediating Effect of Place Attachment and Environmental Attitudes

• Main Authors: Shih, Po-Wei, 施柏瑋
• Other Authors: Yeh, Yuan-I Eric
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/saq7fc

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 觀光事業學系 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among Kenting scuba divers’ recreation specialization, place attachment, environmental attitudes, and environmentally responsible behavior. Furthermore, the mediate effects of their place attachment and environmental attitudes on the above variables were also tested by the study. A total of two hundred and thirty-eight valid samples of Kenting scuba divers were collected and analyzed via a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) so as to examine the causal relations among recreation specialization, place attachment, environmental attitudes, and environmentally responsible behavior. The study results indicated that: 1. Kenting scuba divers’ recreation specialization has significantly positive influence on their environmentally responsible behavior. 2. Kenting scuba divers’ recreation specialization has significantly positive influence on their place attachment. 3. Kenting scuba divers’ recreation specialization has significantly positive influence on their environmental attitudes. 4. Kenting scuba divers’ place attachment has significantly positive influence on their environmentally responsible behavior. 5. Kenting scuba divers’ place attachment played a mediator role between their recreation specialization and environmentally responsible behavior.