Browsing by Author "Scott, David"
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Gillard, Ann (2010-01-16)Understanding how inputs influence program outcomes is a key step in designing and implementing quality youth programs to support positive development. While developmental processes are assumed to be universal for all ...
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Jun, Jinhee (2010-01-14)Despite a substantial volume of research on identity in the social and behavioral sciences, identity theory has existed on the margins of the leisure literature and contributed to the understanding of leisure behavior only ...
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Ingram, Linda Jean (2015-12-08)The economic restructuring that occurred during the 1970s due to globalization and social change ushered in significant changes for rural communities. As a result, tourism became a popular method within economic development ...
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Lee, Soojin (2009-05-15)This dissertation research was conducted to help understand this under-researched area particularly in the field of leisure and tourism. It is argued in this study that the celebrity fandom is a novel form of leisure/tourism ...
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Hurst, Kristin (2013-04-08)The availability of clean water is fundamental to the survival of all living things. Humans have altered fresh water cycles in a number of ways that affect both water quality and quantity. This has led to a global water ...
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Marcum, Heidi Ann (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)With rapidly disappearing natural areas due to development and fragmentation, public lands provide important habitat for birds. However, the increasing use of public lands for recreation may decrease the value of these ...
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Effects of Recreation Participation and Tildenian Interpretation on Tourists’ Environmental Concern Satchabut, Thitikan (2013-04-24)Evidence from correlational studies suggests outdoor recreation may enhance participants’ environmental concern, but findings are inconclusive. Also, previous research has not systematically addressed the influence of ...
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Scott, David; Callahan, Ashley (2000-05-04)Birdwatching is the fastest growing outdoor recreational activity in the U.S. This guide is for persons planning a business that caters to birdwatchers. It is based on research in Texas and across the country, and includes ...
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Welch, Hilary H. (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) offers over 25 different outdoor recreational and outreach educational programs that target different audiences and utilize different types of delivery systems. This study ...
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Zou, Suiwen (2014-08-04)This study examined Chinese non-cruisers’ images and constraints towards cruising. Seven hypotheses were proposed to explore the relationships among images of cruising, cruise constraints, desire, intention and socio-demographics. ...
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Weiss, Rachel K (2022-04-21)In the Western world, going to college often defines the transition from late adolescence into young adulthood. College is a distinct time in which students tend to have increased discretionary time, leisure opportunities, ...
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An, Soyoung (2016-05-04)In order to understand the role of borders in tourism, research needs to examine how tourists perceive a border; if tourists perceive the same types of risk as they do when they travel to other tourist destinations. The ...
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Haras, Katryna Stephanie (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Ropes course programs provide numerous benefits but what makes programs effective has been unclear. The purpose of the study was to: 1) determine if there was a measurable difference in meaningful involvement between the ...
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Lee, Kang Jae (2010-07-14)Some scholars argue that organized sport is a viable context for different ethnic and racial groups to learn about one another and experience positive intergroup contact. Other scholars insist that hierarchical arrangements ...
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Duerden, Mathew D. (2010-01-14)This study utilizes longitudinal, mixed-method data drawn from participants in an environmental education/international immersion program for middle high-school students to study outcomes and processes associated with ...
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Brown, Aishia Ayanna (2016-05-03)Understanding the relationships between trauma and oppression in the lives of Black youth is an important area of study because it redefines trauma and its effect on their healthy development into adulthood. While ...
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Lum, Clinton S (2015-06-01)This study took place along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), a 2,665-mile footpath in the Western United States. The PCT has seen increased use; the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) recorded 369 hikers completing the ...
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Holston, Aja (2016-05-03)“I Believe That We Will Win” is a transdisciplinary project combining a political and sociological history of race and leisure studies as well as psychological and youth development theories. Utilizing autoethnography, my ...
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Kang, Sungeun (2019-04-11)The primary purpose of this dissertation is to investigate (a) the trust people have in mass media, (b) how media coverage impacts human behavior, and (c) how the media influences tourism decisions. Specifically, the ...
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Sensenbrenner, Hannah Frances (2019-04-04)The purpose of this autoethnography is to evocatively and vulnerably share my story of participating in a collegiate improvisational comedy troupe in order to understand how my participation influenced my identity as an ...