Accounting for leisure preferences from within: The relative contributions of gender, race or ethnicity, personality, affective style, and motivational orientation

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-474

  Barnett, Lynn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Ethnicity; Gender; Leisure and personality; Leisure motivation; Leisure preferences; Race

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845723669     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2006.11950087     Document Type: Article

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