Toward an Understanding of Variability in Satisfactions Within Activities

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Abstract
This study examines the possibility that the satisfactions normally attributed to a main activity are determined to some extent by “secondary” activities. Data for this study were collected through the use of a mail survey with a response rate of 78 percent. The sample consisted of 428 fishermen who responded to twenty different recreation satisfaction scales and also reported secondary recreation activities in which they participated while fishing. Canonical correlation analysis was used to examine the extent to which participation in secondary activities affected satisfaction scores normally attributed to fishing. Four significant canonical correlations were identified. The results indicated that current research may be erroneous in attributing satisfaction scores to one main activity while failing to consider the influence of secondary activities.