A Study on the Causes and Effects of Stressful Situations in Tourism for Japanese People
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- RQ1. What are the negative psychological impacts (the negative feelings) of tourism as perceived by local residents?
- RQ2. What are the causes of negative psychological impacts?
- RQ3. What are the strategies that local residents use to cope with negative psychological impacts?
- RQ4. What are the effects or outcomes of the coping strategies used?
2. Literature Review
3. Methods
3.1. The First Phase of Data Collection and Analysis
3.1.1. The First Step of Data Collection
3.1.2. The Second Step of Data Collection
3.1.3. The Third Step of Data Collection
3.1.4. The Analysis of the First Phrase’s Data
3.2. The Second and Third Phases of Data Collection and Analysis
3.3. Limitations and Merits of the Methods
4. Results and Discussions
4.1. Negative Feelings and Their Causes
4.2. Coping Strategies and Their Effects
5. Implications of the Results
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Types of Data | Number |
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News articles | 26 |
Blogs | 7 |
YouTube videos (comments) | 8 (70) |
Tweets | 121 |
Original in Japanese | Translation in English |
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憤りを感じている | Indignant |
痛みを感じている | Pain |
イライラしている | Frustrated |
苛立っている | Frustrated |
うんざりしている | Fed up, tired |
怒っている | Angry |
悲しい | Sad |
苦悩している | Distressed |
苦しめられる | Distressed |
怖い | Scared, fleftened |
ストレス | Stressed |
心配している | Concerned, worried |
疲れている | Tired |
辛い | Bitter |
懐かしい | Nostalgic |
疲弊している | Exhausted |
不安 | Anxious, insecure |
不平不満 | Discontented |
不満 | Dissatisfied, discontented |
辟易している | Tired, overwhelmed |
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Nghiêm-Phú B, Shibuya K. A Study on the Causes and Effects of Stressful Situations in Tourism for Japanese People. Behavioral Sciences. 2021; 11(11):143. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110143
Chicago/Turabian StyleNghiêm-Phú, Bình, and Kazuki Shibuya. 2021. "A Study on the Causes and Effects of Stressful Situations in Tourism for Japanese People" Behavioral Sciences 11, no. 11: 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110143