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Journal
Journal of Environmental Systems
ISSN
0047-2433 (print) 1541-3802 (electronic)
Volume
3
Issue
3
Date
1/1/1973

Article Facts

Title
A Conceptual System For Understanding Personal Actions
DOI
10.2190/0RB2-B991-EPNP-8MQ9
Authors
  • David L. Groves
  • Harvey Kahalas
  • Charles W. Smart
Pages
189-202
Online Date
05/09/2002

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A Conceptual System For Understanding Personal Actions

David L. Groves
Harvey Kahalas
Charles W. Smart

DOI: 10.2190/0RB2-B991-EPNP-8MQ9

Abstract

One of the missing elements in the social psychological research of recreation behavior is a comprehensive model for understanding personal actions. The conceptual framework proposed here attempts to synthesize both normative and behavioral measurement systems. It stresses assimilation and accommodation as the two interaction processes that are the key to understanding personal actions. As new research findings are isolated, this framework has the flexibility to be modified to produce a more comprehensive model because it advocates relationships among variable types rather than proposing a theoretical position.

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