The influence of scuba divers' personality, experience, and demographic profile on their underwater behavior

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Musa, Ghazali ^a   Seng, Wong Tong ^a   Thirumoorthi, Thinaranjeney ^a   Abessi, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Experience; Personality; Scuba divers; Underwater behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649580507     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427310X12826772784757     Document Type: Article

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