Assessing the transactional nature of wilderness experiences: Construct validation of the wilderness-hassles appraisal scale

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-510

  Peden, John G ^a   Schuster, Rudy M ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience use history; Place attachment; Recreation; Stress appraisal; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY DECISIONS; DATA COLLECTIONS; EXPERIENCE-USE HISTORY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL; ON-SITE CONDITIONS; PLACE ATTACHMENT; POSTAL SURVEY; RECREATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS APPRAISAL; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; TESTING PROCEDURES; WILDERNESS;

BIOPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOTOURISM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCEPTION; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; WILDERNESS AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECREATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUMMER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WILDERNESS;

EID: 49749141642     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9124-4     Document Type: Article

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