Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors of Campers

[[abstract]]露營活動這幾年來逐漸成為民眾從事休憩活動的一項新選擇，由於露營活動是屬於長時間待在戶外的遊憩活動，在露營活動進行的同時，露營活動者若沒有具備良好的環境態度，可能在不自覺的情況下造成環境的破壞。回顧近幾年來顯少有針對露營活動者的環境態度及環境行為來進行研究，故本研究著手探討露營活動者之環境態度與環境行為之關係。本研究採用便利抽樣方法發放問卷，總共發放351份，利用SPSS軟體進行信效度分析、描述性統計、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、皮爾森積差相關分析等統計方式進行資料分析。歸納得到以下結論：一、露營活動者之環境態度現況與差異研究發現露營活動者對於環境態度的分析結果相當正面，且受訪者對於未來可能的環境危機是有共同的體認，且也充分瞭解目前人類的各種行為已嚴重傷害大自然。另外，在環境態度部份不同個人背景屬性的露營活動者性別、年齡、婚姻狀況、所得、居住地區、露營次數等未達顯著差異。但在不同的教育程度上專科的露營活動者在環境態度方面高於高中職(含)以下者，另外不同的職業類別的露營活動者對於環境態度上亦有顯著差異。 二、露營活動者之環境行為現況與差異研究發現受訪者在環境行為的構面中「消費者/經濟行為」的分數最高，且對於進行露營活動時自備可重複使用的餐具這項行為是高度認同的。另外，在環境行為部份不同個人背景屬性的露營活動者性別、年齡、教育程度、婚姻狀況、所得、居住地區、露營次數等未達顯著差異。但在不同的職業類別上有顯著差異。 三、露營活動者的環境態度與環境行為之相關性露營活動者的「整體環境態度」與「整體環境行為」兩者間呈顯著正向相關影響。[[abstract]]Camping has gradually become a new choice of leisure activity for the public in recent years. Because camping is a recreational activity that requires long stays in an outdoor environment, campers without positive environmental attitudes may unconsciously damage the environment while camping. Recent studies have rarely focused on the environmental attitudes and environmental behaviors of campers. Therefore, this study commenced to explore the relationship between environmental attitudes and environmental behaviors of campers. Convenience sampling was performed to distribute 351 copies of a questionnaire. SPSS Statistics was used to perform reliability and validity analysis, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient analysis. The following conclusions are drawn: 1. Campers’ environmental attitude conditions and differencesResearchers of this study observed positive results regarding campers’ environmental attitudes. Campers commonly recognized the potential environmental crisis in the future and fully understood the human-caused severe damages to the natural environment. Significant environmental attitude differences were observed between campers differing in sex, age, marital status, income, place of residence, and camping frequency. Campers with an educational level of university had more positive environmental attitude than did those with an educational level of senior high school or lower. Campers of different occupations reported significant environmental attitude differences. 2. Campers’ environmental behavior status and differences In terms of environmental behaviors, the respondents scored the highest in the dimension of “consumer/economic behavior,” and they strongly supported the idea of bringing their own reusable tableware on their camping trips. No significant environmental behavior differences were observed between campers of different demographic characteristics (i.e., sex, age, educational level, marital status, income, place of residence, and camping frequency) except for occupation. 3. Correlation between campers’ environmental attitudes and environmental behaviorsA significant, positive partial correlation was observed between campers’ overall environmental attitudes and overall environmental behaviors