The moderating effect of place attachment on visitors’ trust and support for recreational fees in national parks

IF 6.1 1区 心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102412
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The success of fee programs on public lands hinges on visitors' perceptions and reactions towards recreational fees, emphasizing the importance of understanding visitor dynamics in park management decisions. Using Indiana Dunes National Park in the U.S. as the study context, this study investigates the role of trust and place attachment in shaping visitors' support for national park entrance fees. Informed by social judgment theory, we hypothesize that place identity (socio-emotional attachment) will strengthen the relationship between trust and fee support, while place dependence (functional attachment) will weaken it. Our sample included 900 park visitors. The findings showed that as visitors’ place dependence increased, trust in the park agency became less critical in fee support. However, place identity did not significantly impact the trust-fee support relationship. These results underscore the importance of building trust and fostering place dependence among visitors to increase support for fee-related decisions by park managers. This study extends the environmental psychology literature and the recreation fee literature by furthering our understanding of the interplay among trust, place attachment, and fee support in the context of protected area management, providing insights for policymakers and park managers grappling with the contentious discourse surrounding park fees.

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地方依恋对游客对国家公园娱乐收费的信任和支持的调节作用
公共土地上收费项目的成功与否取决于游客对娱乐收费的看法和反应,这就强调了在公园管理决策中了解游客动态的重要性。本研究以美国印第安纳沙丘国家公园为研究背景,探讨了信任和地方依恋在影响游客支持国家公园门票收费方面的作用。根据社会判断理论,我们假设地方认同(社会情感依恋)将加强信任与收费支持之间的关系,而地方依赖(功能依恋)将削弱这种关系。我们的样本包括 900 名公园游客。研究结果表明,随着游客对地方依赖性的增加,对公园机构的信任在收费支持中的重要性降低。然而,地方认同对信任与收费支持之间的关系并无明显影响。这些结果强调了在游客中建立信任和培养地方依赖性对于提高公园管理者对收费相关决策的支持的重要性。本研究通过进一步了解在保护区管理背景下信任、地方依恋和收费支持之间的相互作用,扩展了环境心理学文献和娱乐收费文献,为决策者和公园管理者应对围绕公园收费的争议性讨论提供了启示。
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140
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62 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space
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