Building on previous conceptual and empirical work, the purpose of this investigation was to
examine place attachment's effect on several variables purportedly related to the construct …

The place attachment construct has been used by leisure researchers and practitioners to
refine our understanding of certain leisure behaviors for over two decades. Despite the …

The place attachment construct has demonstrated utility for explaining a variety of leisure
behavior in outdoor recreation contexts. Preliminary evidence suggests that recreationists' …

Place attachment and recreation experience preferences (REP) have received increasing
attention in natural resource management, with previous literature (Anderson and Fulton …

Conceptual studies of place bonding have often stopped short of verifying the relationship of
scales/models to other relevant recreation behavior variables. The current paper addresses …

In this investigation, we proposed and tested a scale designed to measure recreationists'
commitment to public leisure Service providers. We suggested that the identity of public …

Place attachment implies affective bonds between people and their surroundings, while RE
fit describes the compatibility between recreationists and recreation settings. Close …

This investigation examined the effect of activity involvement and place attachment on
leisure satisfaction among three groups of hikers along the Appalachian Trail (AT). The three …

The authors explore the nature of place attachment (the extent to which an individual values
or identifies with a particular environmental setting) and develop a model to help explain …

While previous research suggests that place attachment and activity involvement impact
visitor perceptions, it has not examined the simultaneous effects of these affective constructs …