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Gerard T. Kyle is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on environmental science, social sciences, and psychology. Their work encompasses several subfields such as social psychology, sociology and political science, management and policy, health and toxicology, and ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of areas: recreation, leisure, and wilderness management; environmental education and sustainability; urban green space and health; wildlife ecology and conservation; tourism research; animal and plant science education; and disaster management and resilience.

Gerard T. Kyle has contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with coauthors including Benjamin Ghasemi, Adam C. Landon, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, James D. Absher, and William E. Smith. This collaboration network reflects sustained engagement with scholars in related environmental and social sciences fields.

Their frequent publication venues reflect these thematic interests and include:

  • Human Dimensions of Wildlife
  • Environment and Behavior
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Biological Conservation

Recent papers by Gerard T. Kyle include:

  • "Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Attachment to Natural Landscapes," 2020, published in Environment and Behavior
  • "An examination of the social-psychological drivers of homeowner wildfire mitigation," 2020, published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "Place-based motivations and normative beliefs predict pro-environmental behavior across involvement profiles," 2021, published in Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
  • "Diverse University Students Across the United States Reveal Promising Pathways to Hunter Recruitment and Retention," 2021, published in Journal of Wildlife Management
  • "Connecting to the trail: Natural spaces as places of healing," 2020, published in Leisure Sciences

Best Publications

  • Testing the Dimensionality of Place Attachment in Recreational Settings

    Gerard Kyle;Alan Graefe;Robert Manning

  • Linking place preferences with place meaning: An examination of the relationship between place motivation and place attachment

    Gerard T. Kyle;Andrew J. Mowen;Michael Tarrant

  • Effects of place attachment on users’ perceptions of social and environmental conditions in a natural setting

    Gerard Kyle;Alan Graefe;Robert Manning;James Bacon

  • An Examination of the Relationship between Leisure Activity Involvement and Place Attachment among Hikers Along the Appalachian Trail

    Gerard Kyle;Alan Graefe;Robert Manning;James Bacon

  • The Mediating Effect of Place Attachment on the Relationship between Festival Satisfaction and Loyalty to the Festival Hosting Destination

    Jenny (Jiyeon) Lee;Gerard Kyle;David Scott

  • The Social Construction of a Sense of Place

    Gerard Kyle;Garry Chick

  • Effect of Activity Involvement and Place Attachment on Recreationists' Perceptions of Setting Density

    Gerard Kyle;Alan Graefe;Robert Manning;James Bacon

  • The Moderating Role of Place Attachment on the Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Fees and Spending Preferences

    Gerard T. Kyle;James D. Absher;Alan R. Graefe

  • An Examination of Recreationists' Relationships with Activities and Settings

    Gerard Kyle;Kelly Bricker;Alan Graefe;Thomas Wickham

  • A modified involvement scale.

    Gerard Kyle;James Absher;William Norman;William Hammitt

  • Understanding the internal processes of behavioral engagement in a national park: A latent variable path analysis of the value-belief-norm theory

    Carena J. van Riper;Gerard T. Kyle

  • Predictors of Behavioral Loyalty Among Hikers Along the Appalachian Trail

    Gerard Kyle;Alan R. Graefe;Robert Manning;James Bacon

  • The Social Nature of Leisure Involvement

    Gerard Kyle;Garry Chick

  • Mapping outdoor recreationists' perceived social values for ecosystem services at Hinchinbrook Island National Park, Australia

    Carena J. van Riper;Gerard T. Kyle;Stephen G. Sutton;Melinda Barnes

  • An Examination of the Leisure Involvement-Agency Commitment Relationship

    Gerard T. Kyle;Andrew J. Mowen

  • Enduring leisure involvement: the importance of personal relationships

    Gerard Kyle;Garry Chick

  • Comparison of Place Bonding Models in Recreation Resource Management

    William E. Hammitt;Gerard T. Kyle;Chi-Ok Oh

  • An Examination of the Motivation—Involvement Relationship

    Gerard T. Kyle;James D. Absher;William E. Hammitt;Jenny Cavin

  • Fairness of prices, user fee policy and willingness to pay among visitors to a national forest.

    Jin Young Chung;Gerard T. Kyle;James F. Petrick;James D. Absher

  • Capturing multiple values of ecosystem services shaped by environmental worldviews: a spatial analysis.

    Carena J. Van Riper;Gerard T. Kyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Graefe
Alan R. Graefe Pennsylvania State University
Stephen Sutton
Stephen Sutton University of Cambridge
Robert E. Manning
Robert E. Manning University of Vermont
William E. Hammitt
William E. Hammitt Clemson University
Deborah L. Kerstetter
Deborah L. Kerstetter Pennsylvania State University
Kyle M. Woosnam
Kyle M. Woosnam University of Georgia
Stephen Wearing
Stephen Wearing University of Technology Sydney
Christopher M. Raymond
Christopher M. Raymond University of Helsinki
Kenneth J. Bagstad
Kenneth J. Bagstad United States Geological Survey
Susan Clayton
Susan Clayton College of Wooster

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