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The Intrinsic Experience of Tourism Autobiographical Memory on Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Self-Expansion Perspective

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The existing literature on environmentally responsible behavior in tourists focuses primarily on the factors that influence this behavior, such as tourists' attitudes and negative feelings. However, the intrinsic benefits of conservation for individual and societal well-being are often overlooked. Under the theoretical lens of self-expansion theory, this study examined the influence of Chinese tourists' tourism autobiographical memory on their environmentally responsible behavior using a questionnaire survey (N = 434) with partial least squares structural equation modeling. The result attested that tourists' self-expansion and psychological richness serially mediate the association between their tourism autobiographical memory and environmentally responsible behavior as a tourist. In addition, the implicit theories of personality moderate the prediction of tourist autobiographical memory on self-expansion. The results provide an additional explanation for environmentally responsible behavior in tourists, with practical implications for marketers and operators in the industry.

Source: Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/bs15010002

Authors: Junxian Shen, Cora Un In Wong, Hongfeng Zhang, Fanbo Li, Jianhui Chen

Institutions: Macao Polytechnic University, Tsinghua University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Language: English

Topic: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,501

OpenAlex ID: W4405761924

FWCI: 3.721

Cites: 65

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10