Risky Behaviors in Yellowstone National Park
The Potential Role of Decision-Making and Justice on Visitors’ Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15326651 |
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| Authors | Camille B Lalasz (University of Nevada, Reno, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 181-193 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10871209.2013.751637 |
| OpenAlex | W2003658920 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The National Park Service is entrusted with the difficult task of providing visitor access to popular public lands while ensuring visitor safety. Despite park managers' best efforts to keep the public safe, visitors often ignore educational messages and well-publicized regulations and engage in behaviors that are inherently risky. As a result, visitors to National Parks are injured and killed every year. A theoretical application of the concepts and findings from the fields of decision-making (i.e., theory of reasoned action) and social justice (i.e., relative deprivation, procedural justice) are used to account for why visitors to Yellowstone National Park, one of the most famous parks in the federal system, often engage in behaviors (e.g., approaching wildlife, coming in contact with thermal features) that put their lives at risk. Implications for managers of Yellowstone National Park and other protected natural areas are discussed
Action (physics · Business · Economic Justice · Environmental resource management · Geography · National park · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Visitor pattern · Wildlife · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Law · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Ecology · Marketing
Social Justice
From Intentions to Actions
The Social Psychology of Groups
A Relational Model of Authority in Groups
Risk taking in adolescence
Influencing Future Behavior by Priming Past Behavior
Effect of Personality and Situational Factors on Intentions to Obey Rules in Outdoor Recreation Areas
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The Theory of Reasoned Action
| Highly cited | No |
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