spirituality and physical activity level on responsible behavior and mountaineering satisfaction

What is it about?

We surveyed all mountaineers at the base of Mount Kinabalu after the completion of their climb over a period of one month in 2013. A total of 916 mountaineers completed the questionnaires and we analysed the data using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The findings indicated that spirituality positively influences both responsible mountaineering behaviour and satisfaction. A high physical activity level moderates both of these relationships. The study contributes to knowledge on the important

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Why is it important?

The main strength of this paper is its large sample size of mountaineers (916) which allowed us the split the sample into two: 300 (for construct validation) and 616 (for final SEM analysis). This study uncovers the dimensions of responsible behaviour related health and safety in the mountains. It also reveals the roles of both physical activity level and spirituality in the influencing responsible behaviour in the mountain which relates to safety and security and mountaineering satisfaction.