The influence of holiday-taking on affect and contentment

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-101

  Kroesen, Maarten ^a   Handy, Susan ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contentment; Cross lagged panel model; Happiness; Hedonic level of affect; Holiday behavior

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84892471161     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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