Exploring Relationships Between Recreation Specialization, Restorative Environments and Mountain Hikers' Flow Experience

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-114

  Wöran, Bettina ^a   Arnberger, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; flow experience; mountain hikers; recreation specialization; restorative environment; survey

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RECREATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84859564614     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2012.652502     Document Type: Article

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