Are Rock Climbers Crunchy? : Serious Leisure, Place Attachment and Environmental Concern in the Shawangunks

The links between outdoor recreation participation and environmentalism are hazy at best. This study provides clarity for this relationship by examining the effect that level of leisure participation, mediated by place attachment, had on an individual’s level of environmental concern. A questionnaire comprised of three individual measures of serious leisure, place attachment and environmental concern was distributed to rock climbers in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York State (N = 151). A mediation analysis, as outlined by Kenny, Kashy and Bolger (1998) was used to quantitatively explore this relationship. While evidence could not be garnered of a mediation effect, a direct, although weak, effect was discovered between serious leisure participation and environmental concern. Exploratory analyses later revealed a strong direct relationship between serious leisure participation and place attachment.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Recreation Studies (Education)

Grantor dc:publisher

Ohio University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Wilson, William Richard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Szolosi, Andrew

• Environmental Studies
• Recreation
• Serious Leisure
• Place Attachment
• New Environmental Paradigm
• SLIM
• New Ecological Paradigm Scale
• Shawangunks
• Rock Climbing

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366130272

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:ohiou1366130272