کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1012310 | 1482647 | 2013 | 15 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Drawing on literature from environmental psychology, the present study examined place attachment as a second-order factor and investigated its relationships with place satisfaction and visitors' low and high effort pro-environmental behavioural intentions. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were used to test a model using a sample of 452 visitors at the Dandenong Ranges National Park, in Australia. Results supported the four-dimensional second-order factor of place attachment and indicated (a) positive and significant effects of place attachment on both low and high effort pro-environmental behavioural intentions of park visitors, (b) a significant and positive influence of place attachment on place satisfaction, (c) a significant and positive effect of place satisfaction on low effort pro-environmental behavioural intentions, and (d) a negative and significant influence of place satisfaction on high effort pro-environmental behavioural intentions. The main theoretical contribution relates to the inclusion of the four dimensions of place attachment in a single model. Findings are discussed with respect to their applied and theoretical relevance.
► Demonstrates place attachment as a second-order construct.
► Place attachment positively influences low and high effort environmental intentions.
► Place attachment has a positive influence on place satisfaction.
► Place satisfaction positively influences low effort pro-environmental intentions.
► Place satisfaction negatively influences high effort pro-environmental intentions.
Journal: Tourism Management - Volume 36, June 2013, Pages 552–566