Land of 10,000 Lakes and 2.3 Million Anglers: Problems and Coping Response Among Minnesota Anglers

We used a survey of Minnesota anglers to examine coping response to problems encountered while fishing, extending the transactional stress coping model beyond applications with wilderness and park visitors. Environmental/situational problems and intergroup conflict predicted behavioral and cognitive...

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Published in:Journal of leisure research 2010-01, Vol.42 (2), p.291-315
Main Authors: Schroeder, Susan A., Fulton, David C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anglers
Behavior
Cognitive coping
Company business management
conflict
Coping
Coping (Psychology)
Cross country skiing
Environmental impact
Environmental Influences
Fishers (Persons)
Fishing
Fishing (Recreation)
Intergroup conflict
Interpersonal conflict
Intragroup relations
Lakes
Leisure
Life skills
Management
Methods
National parks
problems
Psychological aspects
Recreation
Research Needs
Researchers
Skiing
Sport fishing
Stress management
structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
Studies
Surveys
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Summary:We used a survey of Minnesota anglers to examine coping response to problems encountered while fishing, extending the transactional stress coping model beyond applications with wilderness and park visitors. Environmental/situational problems and intergroup conflict predicted behavioral and cognitive coping. Intragroup conflict predicted only cognitive coping. Cognitive coping was associated with lower satisfaction. Avid anglers experienced more problems and reported more coping but expressed greater satisfaction. They responded to intragroup conflict through cognitive coping and environmental problems through behavioral coping. Among less-avid anglers, intragroup conflict was not related to coping, but intergroup conflict was related to cognitive coping and environmental problems were strongly related to behavioral coping. Overt problems-especially with the fishing environment-may trigger displacement, particularly among less-involved anglers.
ISSN:0022-2216
2159-6417
DOI:10.1080/00222216.2010.11950206