Leisure involvement revisited: Conceptual conundrums and measurement advances

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-278

  Havitz, Mark E ^a   Dimanche, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Leisure involvement; Measurement; Methodology; Social judgement theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006833963     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1997.11949796     Document Type: Article

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