Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Testing the dimensionality of place attachment and its relationships with place satisfaction and pro-environmental behaviours: A structural equation modelling approach

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Ramkissoon, Haywantee
    Smith, L.
    Weiler, B.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Ramkissoon, H. and Smith, L. and Weiler, B. 2013. Testing the dimensionality of place attachment and its relationships with place satisfaction and pro-environmental behaviours: A structural equation modelling approach. Tourism Management. 36: pp. 552-566.
    Source Title
    Tourism Management
    DOI
    10.1016/j.tourman.2012.09.003
    ISSN
    0261-5177
    School
    School of Marketing
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26067
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    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 proenvironmental 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.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Relationship Between Place Attachment, Place Satisfaction, and Pro-Environmental Behaviour in an Australian National Park
      Ramkissoon, Haywantee; Smith, L.; Weiler, B. (2013)
      Place attachment is a multidimensional construct comprising place dependence, place affect, place identity, and place social bonding. Yet, studies investigating the relationships between place attachment, place satisfaction, ...
    • Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national parks: development of a conceptual framework.
      Ramkissoon, Haywantee; Weiler, B.; Smith, I. (2012)
      This paper critically examines the concept of place attachment and its likely influence on pro-environmental behavioural intention of visitors. It considers place attachment as a multidimensional construct comprising place ...
    • Place Attachment and Pro-Environmental Behaviour in National Parks: The Development of a Conceptual Framework
      Ramkissoon, Haywantee; Weiler, B.; Smith, L. (2012)
      This paper critically examines the concept of place attachment and its likely influence on pro-environmental behavioural intention of visitors. It considers place attachment as a multidimensional construct comprising place ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.