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- Title
Measuring hiking specialization and identification of latent profiles of hikers.
- Authors
Kim, Hyun; Song, Hwasung
- Abstract
Previous specialization studies have only measured single items or the sum of responses across dimensions, making it impossible to classify recreationists by their degree of multidimensional specialization. The purpose of the present study is to test a three-dimensional model and its traditional components (i.e., items) of specialization in hikers. Applying a latent profile analysis, the present study examined hikers who shared similar profiles based on multiple dimensions of specialization and classified them based on latent class characteristics and structures. Data from 587 hikers on Namhansanseong Trail in South Korea were analyzed. Four subgroups were identified: novice (32 %), behavior-oriented (18 %), veteran (30 %), and potential veteran (20 %). These groups showed differential patterns in the behavioral and cognitive dimensions of specialization. In particular, the component items of hiking experience and setting experience in the behavioral dimension differed by group.
- Subjects
RECREATION -- Environmental aspects; EXPERTISE; HIKING training &; conditioning; HIKERS; HIKING techniques
- Publication
Landscape & Ecological Engineering, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1860-1871
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11355-016-0301-y