James Bacon

TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of place attachment on respondents' perceptions of social and environmental conditions along the Appalachian Trail (AT) in the United States using a social judgment framework and found that place attachment, place identity and place dependence had opposing effects on the condition domains.

TL;DR: The place attachment construct has been used by leisure researchers and practitioners to refine our understanding of certain leisure behaviors for over two decades as discussed by the authors. But despite the construct's import, despite its popularity, it has not been widely used in the leisure domain.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of setting density in outdoor recreation contexts has been examined and the influence of a number of factors on the perception of outdoor living in outdoor environments has been explored.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an empirical examination of the first order structural relations among involvement (i.e., Centrality, Attraction, Self Expression), commitment and behavioral loyalty for hikers along the Appalachian Trail.