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Lifestyle As A Determinant Of Participation Among Dispersed Forest Recreationists, John R. Butler
Lifestyle As A Determinant Of Participation Among Dispersed Forest Recreationists, John R. Butler
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study assesses the usefulness of lifestyle as a determinant of outdoor recreation behavior. Two objectives of the study are: (1) develop an operationalized concept of lifestyle that is based on theory, and (2) apply this concept in a model which uses lifestyle as a variable influencing recreation behavior.
The first objective was approached through an integrative review of the literature. Lifestyle was set in context of cultural theory. The basic postulate of the proposed theory of lifestyle is: If an individual's lifestyle is similar to that of another, certain social psychological processes are similar. Therefore, their patterns of needs, …