Introduction to Understanding Motivations

The well-established Recreation Experience Preference scale provides a useful framework for understanding motivations but very few studies have applied the REP scale to coastal and marine protected areas (CMPA).

Understanding motivations is important because appealing to and fulfilling motivations helps citizen science projects recruit and retain participants.

CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the usefulness of self-determination theory in understanding motivations to abstain from substance use during adolescence.

Understanding motivations, skills, and traits to be global fashion entrepreneurs will help fashion educators develop more rigorous curriculum and programs to meet the needs of these students.

These findings may be helpful to sport organizations in understanding motivations of officials, so they can then cater to these motivations, and possibly increase retention.

Understanding motivations for play can provide researchers with the analytic tools to gain insight into the preferences for and effects of game play for different kinds of users.

Results Themes identified were: adjusting to lifestyle modification, understanding motivations and practical aspects of adjustment; seeking knowledge and support, exploring the ways partners sought positive support for themselves and the person with MS and abandoned negative influences; and embracing well-being, commitment and change, describing the major changes that partners made to their lives professionally and personally.

Understanding motivations and behavior of protected area visitors is crucial to effectively manage vulnerable areas.

These findings offer important implications for understanding motivations for travel-based multitasking, sustainable transportation mode choices, and future demands for autonomous vehicles.