Relationships Among Adolescents' Leisure Motivation, Leisure Involvement, and Leisure Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Model

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1187-1199

  Chen, Ying Chieh ^a,b   Li, Ren Hau ^c   Chen, Sheng Hwang ^d  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Hsin Sheng College of Medicine Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Leisure involvement; Leisure motivation; Leisure satisfaction; Structural equation model (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84872497378     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9979-2     Document Type: Article

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