Train Buffs
The Human Ecology of an Avocation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13649121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Richards (0000-0002-3697-6190, Center for Social Organization of Schools, The Johns Hopkins University), James Richards (0000-0003-3664-2884, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 683-689 |
| Publication date | 1980-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1980.46.3.683 |
| OpenAlex | W2024020475 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Ecological characteristics of U.S. states and cities were correlated with measures of the geographic distribution of train buffs. As would be expected, state and city population size is the strongest correlate of the absolute number of train buffs. When number relative to population is considered, train buffs are concentrated in affluent cities and in affluent, urban states with primarily white populations and containing the outer fringes of metropolitan areas. These results differ somewhat from earlier results indicating professional groups are concentrated in university towns. Over-all, this study suggests that future research should make a more explicit effort both to identify the social processes involved in ecological relationships and to attain a better integration of the psychological and social structural perspectives within human ecology
Archaeology · Behavioral ecology · Biology · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Geography · Metropolitan area · Population · Population size · Regional science · Sociology · Urban ecology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Ecology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Human ecology
Geographic distribution of U.S. psychologists
Community Politics
The Human Ecology of the American Educational Research Association
Physician Dominance and Location of Foreign and U.S. Trained Physicians
Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals
Sociocultural Versus Neoclassical Ecology
Cultural, Behavioral, and Ecological Perspectives in the Study of Social Organization
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |