Place Attachment and Environmentally Responsible Behavior: The Mediating Role of Destination Psychological Ownership

Hui-Ming Kuo, Jung-Yao Su, Cheng-Hua Wang, Pinyapat Kiatsakared and Kuan-Yu Chen
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Hui-Ming Kuo: Department of Distribution Management, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Jung-Yao Su: Ph. D Program in Business and Operations Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 711301, Taiwan
Cheng-Hua Wang: Department of Business Administration, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 711301, Taiwan
Pinyapat Kiatsakared: Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
Kuan-Yu Chen: Department of Recreational Sport & Health Promotion, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the relationship between place attachment and environmentally responsible behavior, and to verify the mediating role of destination psychological ownership in the above relationship. We surveyed scuba divers in Taiwan as the research subjects and obtained 361 valid questionnaires. After conducting a literature review and examining related theories, we proposed a theoretical model and used the structural equation model for analysis. The results showed that the overall model fitted well, place dependence directly affected place identity, and place dependence and place identity both positively and directly influenced environmentally responsible behavior. Furthermore, the testing showed that destination psychological ownership could play a mediating role on the relationship between place attachment and environmentally responsible behavior.

Keywords: place dependence; place identity; environmentally responsible behavior; destination psychological ownership; scuba diving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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