Coping with Stress in Outdoor Recreational Settings: An Application of Transactional Stress Theory
| Autor: | Theron A. Miller, Stephen F. McCool |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Coping (psychology)
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Cognition Coping behavior Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Cognitive coping Transactional leadership Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Perception Path analysis (statistics) Psychology Social psychology Recreation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Leisure Sciences. 25:257-275 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0588 0149-0400 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01490400306562 |
| Popis: | This study uses a transactional model of stress and coping as a way to understand how outdoor recreationists deal with negative setting elements during a recreation experience. Within the transactional model, coping behaviors can be viewed as the result of on-going transactions among personal and environmental factors, perceptions of threat or stress, and the perceived effectiveness of coping strategies. The current study focuses specifically on the relationship between reported levels of stress and the types of coping strategies used by recreationists in Glacier National Park. Findings suggest that certain behavioral and cognitive coping responses to stress are associated with different levels of reported stress. Specifically, respondents with lower levels of stress were more likely to engage in certain cognitive adjustments to cope with detracting situations. Respondents reporting higher levels of stress were more likely to engage in either direct action aimed at changing the environmental conditions or... |
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