Multiple groups confirmatory factor analysis of the motivational factors affecting individuals’ decisions about participating in action sports and an inquiry into participant action sports participatory fandom

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-357

  Roger Park, S ^a   Lee, Soonhwan ^b  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action sports; action sports participatory fandom; multiple group confirmatory factor analysis; participant motivations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449626774     PISSN: 14758962     EISSN: 17402808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2008.017211     Document Type: Article

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