Grace Pretty|Heather M. Chipuer|Paul Bramston
Sense of place amongst adolescents and adults in two rural Australian towns: The discriminating features of place attachment, sense of community and place dependence in relation to place identity
University of Southern Queensland|Griffith University|University of Southern Queensland
study investigates whether dimensions sense place discriminate residents identify rural town prefer stay whether patterns association dimensions differ adolescent adult residents participants 246 adults 365 adolescents two remote rural towns australia place identity determined residents responses single item would really rather live different town one place three groups classified agreeing undecided disagreeing statement discriminating variables place attachment emotional bonding behavioural commitment sense community affiliation belonging place dependence available activities quality quality comparison alternative communities direct discriminant function analysis showed 764 per cent adults correctly classified one discriminant function accounting 92 per cent variance indicators dependence belonging behavioural commitment emotional bonding loaded 045 sixtytwo per cent adolescents correctly classified one discriminant function accounting 936 per cent variance indicators dependence belonging loaded 045 discussion considers distinguishing dimensions sense place identifying associations amongst ways explore experience community everyday life