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Examining the Role of Social Representation, Migration History, and Civic Engagement on Resident Recreation in a Post-Industrial Community.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Examining the Role of Social Representation, Migration History, and Civic Engagement on Resident Recreation in a Post-Industrial Community./
Author:	Dombroski, Phileshia.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	202 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-08A(E).
Subject:	Recreation. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10799040
ISBN:	9780355776195

Examining the Role of Social Representation, Migration History, and Civic Engagement on Resident Recreation in a Post-Industrial Community.
Dombroski, Phileshia.

Examining the Role of Social Representation, Migration History, and Civic Engagement on Resident Recreation in a Post-Industrial Community. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 202 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2017.

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of social representation, migration history, and civic engagement on residents' recreation in a post-industrial community. Despite decades of efforts to combat economic decline, out-migration, and industrial ruin, a place-based pessimism developed among some residents in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where this study was conducted. It was anticipated this investigation would provide insights for community leaders, policy-makers, and destination marketing organizations, as to how place-based social representations, residential longevity, and civicism, affect or relate to residents' awareness of and participation in local recreation, potentially limiting the benefits of recreation within that region.

ISBN: 9780355776195Subjects--Topical Terms:

559433
Recreation.

Examining the Role of Social Representation, Migration History, and Civic Engagement on Resident Recreation in a Post-Industrial Community.
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520 $a Several key findings emerged. First, residents who held a negative social representation of local recreation were found to be less aware of these opportunities. Next, results supported literature which noted that long-term residents have more awareness than newer residents, but also indicated that awareness of return migrants did not differ from long-term residents. Additionally, residents with higher levels of civic engagement were more likely to be aware of and participate in local recreation. Finally, civic engagement was a stronger predictor than both migration history and social representation regarding awareness of and participation in local recreation.
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