Testing the Adventure Recreation Model [microform] : A Replication with Subjects Involved in a Required Outdoor Experience / Lynn Anderson, Dale Anderson and Anderson Young
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- 5682142
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- Book and Microform
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- Anderson, Lynn
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000
- 9 p.
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In 1989, Ewert and Hollenhorst proposed the Adventure Recreation Model to describe participant characteristics, behaviors, and motivations with regard to adventure recreation activities. The model relates participant attributes (frequency of participation, skill and experience level, locus of control, and motivation factors) to activity/setting attributes (level of risk, social orientation, and environmental orientation) and categorizes participants by level of engagement. The model can help managers design, target, and manage programs to better meet participant needs and can help researchers understand adventure recreation behavior. The present study surveyed 60 undergraduate recreation majors taking a required outdoor course. Subjects were 62 percent female and had a mean age of 23. As in the original study, participant's level of engagement was related to skill, locus of decision making, environmental preferences, preferred risk level, and willingness to participate with peers. In contrast to the original study, no relationship was found between level of engagement and "participation by oneself," and stronger relationships were found between engagement and various motivational factors. While validating some aspects of the model, the results also raise fundamental questions about the model. Participant's preferred level of risk may better explain adventure recreation behavior than does level of engagement. (SV)
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- ERIC Note: In: Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Fifth Biennial Research Symposium Proceedings (Bradford Woods, IN, January 14-16, 2000); see RC 023 075.
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