Heather J Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6187582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather J Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 137 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Parting Thoughts XXXXVII
Tourism and Tourists
Travel for pleasure is integrated into many lives. As contemporary tourism grew, sociologists worked on delineating behaviors associated with tourism. Using role theory, they developed tourist role typologies to understand behaviors and impacts on host communities, and to address growing concerns about inauthenticity. Initially analyses were largely functionalist until postmodern and poststructuralist perspectives were introduced and yielded insi…
Using Study Abroad Memories in Everyday Life
Girlfriend getaway” as a contested term
Transformational learning through study abroad
As leisure studies and higher education more generally embrace the themes of sustainability and global citizenship, it is important to investigate educational initiatives that purport to achieve these goals. Using transformational theory of transformative learning, this study examined the experiences of 150 US university students who participated in three interdisciplinary short-term study abroad programmes that focus on sustainability in Austral…
Phenomenology of young women's sexual risk-taking in tourism
Sex and risk in young women's tourist experiences
Psychic income and social capital among host nation residents
Sport Tourism
Girlfriend Getaways and Women's Well-Being
This study explored girlfriend getaways (all-women leisure-based travel), focusing on the importance and meaning of such experiences and their potential contribution to women's overall well-being. Data collection involved 11 focus groups and 15 individual interviews, resulting in a sample of 83 women from diverse backgrounds. The data were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory. The threads evident in the link between girlfriend getaways a…
Physically Active Leisure and Tourism Connection
Leisure and tourism activities may be integrally related for some. This study examined the relationship between the preferred leisure and tourism activities and psychological involvement in paddling of a group of paddlers. Participants were surveyed at the completion of a paddle tour. Data were analyzed using frequencies, confirmatory factor analysis, cross-tabulations, and ANOVA. Four types of leisure-tourism connection (LTC) were identified. Pe…
Leisure and Later Life
Small-scale event sport tourism
How the British Will Travel 2005
Active sport tourism
Sport tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the tourism industry. This paper reviews the status of active sport tourism in the US. Taking a lead from sport sociologists who have repeatedly shown that sport in the US is still stratified on the basis of gender, class, and race among others, this paper examines the notion that by its evasiveness active sport tourism has gained mass appeal. Who is the active sport tourist? Are men more lik…
Girlfriend Getaways and Women's Well-Being
This study explored girlfriend getaways (all-women leisure-based travel), focusing on the importance and meaning of such experiences and their potential contribution to women's overall well-being. Data collection involved 11 focus groups and 15 individual interviews, resulting in a sample of 83 women from diverse backgrounds. The data were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory. The threads evident in the link between girlfriend getaways a…
Psychic income and social capital among host nation residents
Phenomenology of young women's sexual risk-taking in tourism
Active sport tourism
Sport tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the tourism industry. This paper reviews the status of active sport tourism in the US. Taking a lead from sport sociologists who have repeatedly shown that sport in the US is still stratified on the basis of gender, class, and race among others, this paper examines the notion that by its evasiveness active sport tourism has gained mass appeal. Who is the active sport tourist? Are men more lik…
Small-scale event sport tourism
Physically Active Leisure and Tourism Connection
Leisure and tourism activities may be integrally related for some. This study examined the relationship between the preferred leisure and tourism activities and psychological involvement in paddling of a group of paddlers. Participants were surveyed at the completion of a paddle tour. Data were analyzed using frequencies, confirmatory factor analysis, cross-tabulations, and ANOVA. Four types of leisure-tourism connection (LTC) were identified. Pe…
Girlfriend getaway” as a contested term
Transformational learning through study abroad
As leisure studies and higher education more generally embrace the themes of sustainability and global citizenship, it is important to investigate educational initiatives that purport to achieve these goals. Using transformational theory of transformative learning, this study examined the experiences of 150 US university students who participated in three interdisciplinary short-term study abroad programmes that focus on sustainability in Austral…
Leisure and Later Life
Sex and risk in young women's tourist experiences
Active sport tourism
Sport tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the tourism industry. This paper reviews the status of active sport tourism in the US. Taking a lead from sport sociologists who have repeatedly shown that sport in the US is still stratified on the basis of gender, class, and race among others, this paper examines the notion that by its evasiveness active sport tourism has gained mass appeal. Who is the active sport tourist? Are men more lik…
How the British Will Travel 2005
Small-scale event sport tourism
Leisure and Later Life
Physically Active Leisure and Tourism Connection
Leisure and tourism activities may be integrally related for some. This study examined the relationship between the preferred leisure and tourism activities and psychological involvement in paddling of a group of paddlers. Participants were surveyed at the completion of a paddle tour. Data were analyzed using frequencies, confirmatory factor analysis, cross-tabulations, and ANOVA. Four types of leisure-tourism connection (LTC) were identified. Pe…
Sport Tourism
Girlfriend Getaways and Women's Well-Being
This study explored girlfriend getaways (all-women leisure-based travel), focusing on the importance and meaning of such experiences and their potential contribution to women's overall well-being. Data collection involved 11 focus groups and 15 individual interviews, resulting in a sample of 83 women from diverse backgrounds. The data were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory. The threads evident in the link between girlfriend getaways a…
Psychic income and social capital among host nation residents
Phenomenology of young women's sexual risk-taking in tourism
Sex and risk in young women's tourist experiences
Girlfriend getaway” as a contested term
Transformational learning through study abroad
As leisure studies and higher education more generally embrace the themes of sustainability and global citizenship, it is important to investigate educational initiatives that purport to achieve these goals. Using transformational theory of transformative learning, this study examined the experiences of 150 US university students who participated in three interdisciplinary short-term study abroad programmes that focus on sustainability in Austral…
Using Study Abroad Memories in Everyday Life
Tourism and Tourists
Travel for pleasure is integrated into many lives. As contemporary tourism grew, sociologists worked on delineating behaviors associated with tourism. Using role theory, they developed tourist role typologies to understand behaviors and impacts on host communities, and to address growing concerns about inauthenticity. Initially analyses were largely functionalist until postmodern and poststructuralist perspectives were introduced and yielded insi…
Parting Thoughts XXXXVII
Tourism (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)