Hiking Survey

My name is Mary Katherine Osborn and I am a senior at the
University of North Alabama (UNA) seeking to further my career in psychology at
a graduate level. Graduate schools are extremely competitive and require a
great deal of research experience. At UNA, students take on a research project
in which the professors help them through the research project start to finish.
With a love for the outdoors, I chose to do my project on hiking. I am also
receiving a degree in biology from UNA and I have a great concern for the
“health status” of nature. My concern led me to study trail ethics and how
people, particularly hikers, view ethics depending on several variables
including demographics, religion, and hiking experience. I enjoy hiking
immensely and want others to enjoy it as well and I see the importance in
preserving it for others. Upon completing the study, we plan to present our
results as a paper at a national scientific convention and depending on the
results, and we make seek publication of the results in a scientific journal,
related to psychology.  In addition, it
will provide us with some guidance as to which variables to examine more
closely in future studies.

 

www.una.edu/hike