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Perceived crowding and festival experience: The moderating effect of visitor-to-visitor interaction

Tourism Management Perspectives, 2021
Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of two types of perceived crowding (spatial crowding and human crowding) on festival experience as well as how the interactions among visitors moderate the relationship by introducing the variable ‘visitor-to-visitor interaction’.
Hongbo Cheng, Qinyue Liu, Jian-Wu Bi
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Effect of felid activity on zoo visitor interest

Zoo Biology, 2003
AbstractThe extent to which the presence of zoo visitors influences animal behavior, and the ways in which animal activity influences visitor interest and perception, are of great interest to zoological parks. Visitors have been variously characterized as being enriching for zoo animals, as being stressors, and generally as influencing behavior in ...
Susan W. Margulis   +2 more
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Reducing presurgical anxiety: A possible visitor effect

Social Science & Medicine, 1985
Previous research has suggested that the effectiveness of different types of preparatory information in reducing presurgical anxiety will depend on the locus of control orientation of the patient. This study examined this interaction and the relationship of presurgical anxiety to patient background variables.
J, Hartsfield, J R, Clopton
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Pediatric Family Home Visitors: Effectiveness in Problem Solving

Children's Health Care, 1991
A number of studies have shown the value of using home health visitors in intervention outreach programs for low-income families. This study was designed to examine the relationship between home visitors' and nurses' training/home visiting experience and their decision-making ability as determined by the Defining Issues Test (DIT). The subjects were 36
P O, Jessee, C, Cecil, J E, Jessee
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Effective information collection on international inbound visitors

International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2012
PurposeData collection from inbound tourists is a repetitive activity. This paper's main purpose is to show that, unless something useful about the nature of change is being established, repetitious collection of data from, for example, inbound visitors results in ineffective accumulation of data. The paper also aims to elucidate what it means for data
Wu‐Chung Wu   +2 more
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The “Visitor Effect”

Zoos' Print Journal, 2005
Although negative visitor behaviours can cause distress or even death to zoo animals, research has shown that the mere presence of people at a zoo exhibit is associated with animal stress. The aim of this paper is to review existing research about these visitor effects.
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The effectiveness of parenting programmes facilitated by health visitors

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2001
The effectiveness of parenting programmes facilitated by health visitors Aim of the study. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of parenting programmes that are facilitated by health visitors and offer practical and emotional support to parents in the Down Lisburn Trust, Northern Ireland. Methods.
A, Long   +4 more
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Personal Characteristics of Effective Home Visitors

Journal of Social Service Research, 2015
ABSTRACTHome visitation continues to be a common social service delivery strategy. In recent years, early childhood home visitation is experiencing a boon in popularity. Home visitors empower parents and are the lynchpin of home visitation programs but little research is available on these helpers.
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