ABSTRACT

Motivations for hunting and fishing extend beyond harvesting game and include social, psychological, emotional, and physical benefits. We used data from a web-based questionnaire to compare relationships between preferred hunting or fishing activity types, state of residence, and motivations of hunters and anglers across the central United States (U.S.). Exploratory factor analysis yielded four motivation factors: nature, social, food, and challenge. Differences in terms of state were negligible across all motivation factors (${\eta }_p^2<.01$), indicating similarity across states. Nature (${\eta }_p^2=.01$) and social (${\eta }_p^2<.01$) factors were the first and second most important factors across activity types. We observed larger differences among the challenge (${\eta }_p^2=.03$), and food (${\eta }_p^2=.15$) factors, primarily driven by big game hunters. Big game hunters rated the food motivation factor greater than the other activity types. Overall, our results indicate that there might be a greater universality in these motivation factors among activity types and locations in the U.S.

摘要

狩猎和捕鱼的动机不仅限于收获游戏，还包括社会、心理、情感和身体方面的好处。我们使用来自基于网络的调查问卷的数据来比较美国中部 (US) 偏好的狩猎或捕鱼活动类型、居住州以及猎人和垂钓者的动机之间的关系。探索性因素分析产生了四个动机因素：自然、社会、食物和挑战。所有动机因素在状态方面的差异都可以忽略不计（${\eta }_{磷}^2<.01$)，表示各州之间的相似性。自然 （${\eta }_{磷}^2=.01$) 和社会 (${\eta }_{磷}^2<.01$) 因素是活动类型中第一和第二重要的因素。我们观察到挑战之间的更大差异（${\eta }_{磷}^2=.03$) 和食物 (${\eta }_{磷}^2=.15$) 因素，主要由大型游戏猎人驱动。大型游戏猎人对食物动机因素的评价高于其他活动类型。总体而言，我们的结果表明，这些动机因素在美国的活动类型和地点之间可能具有更大的普遍性