VISITOR RESPONSE TO OUTDOOR RECREATION CONFLICT - A CONCEPTUAL-APPROACH

Outdoor recreation conflict involves both a visitor's perception of an d response to conflict. While existing recreation conflict research ha s been insightful on factors leading to recreation conflict, it deals little with visitor response to conflict. To address the visitor-respo nse dimension in conflict, a conceptual framework based upon response to stressful situations is presented. The model, adapted from Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress-response model suggests personal and situa tional factors influence a series of appraisal processes that lead to a response to conflict. The conflict-response framework is of particul ar interest since recreation research is deficient in this area.