The Big Five personality traits and risky sport participation

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1105-1112

  Tok, Serdar ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adventure sport tourism; Big five; Risk taking; Risky sport tourism; Sensation seeking; Tourist behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052744956     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.8.1105     Document Type: Article

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