Development of the serious leisure inventory and measure

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-68

  Gould, James ^a   Moore, DeWayne ^b   McGuire, Francis ^b   Stebbins, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Scale development; Serious leisure

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 41749114966     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2008.11950132     Document Type: Article

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