Thrill seeking: The type T personality and extreme sports

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 175-190

  Self, Donald R ^a   De Vries Henry, Electra ^a   Findley, Carolyn Sara ^a   Reilly, Erin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deviance; Diffusion of innovations; Extreme sports; Product Life Cycle (PLC); Risk taking; Sensation seeking; Subcultures; Type T personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947506781     PISSN: 14758962     EISSN: 17402808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2007.011397     Document Type: Article

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