Applying the 3M Model of Personality and Motivation to Adventure Travelers

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 704-716

  Schneider, Paige P ^a   Vogt, Christine A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3M Model; adventure travelers; Guttman scaling; personality; travel propensity

Indexed keywords

MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURISM; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 84866982239     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512451134     Document Type: Article

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