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Schneider, Paige Patrice.

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Exploring the motivation and personality traits of adventure travelers: A hierarchical model approach.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Exploring the motivation and personality traits of adventure travelers: A hierarchical model approach./
Author:	Schneider, Paige Patrice.
Description:	286 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-01, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-01A.
Subject:	Psychology, Personality. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3435247
ISBN:	9781124329178

Exploring the motivation and personality traits of adventure travelers: A hierarchical model approach.
Schneider, Paige Patrice.

Exploring the motivation and personality traits of adventure travelers: A hierarchical model approach. - 286 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-01, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2010.

Over a decade has passed since the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) investigated the topic of adventure travel experiences. Despite growth in the adventure industry, studies of adventure tourism and its travelers remain scarce. Existing research is descriptive rather than predictive and has failed to identify the psychological underpinnings of consumer behavior related to adventure tourism (Swarbrooke et al., 2003). Drawing on the personality literature found in consumer behavior (Mowen, 2000) and leisure and tourism (Fodness & Murray, 1997; Godbey, 1981; MacKay, Andereck, & Vogt, 2002; Pearce, 2005; Pizam & Sussmann, 1995; Tinsley & Tinsley, 1986) literature, this dissertation seeks to explain the psychological roots of tourism behavior, specifically adventure travel. A multi-method approach was used to develop the survey instrument. Self-administered questionnaires were mailed to a stratified random sample (N=1000) of subscribers to National Geographic Adventure magazine (N=220,847) and data collected during the fall of 2007. Overall response rate (n=339) was 34%. Guttman Scaling Procedure was employed to categorize respondents in soft/hard categories as a context for understating the demographic and travel behavior characteristics of the study sample. Factor analysis was used to identify the underlying dimensions of adventure travel propensity, an enduring disposition to behave, and next a series of hierarchical regressions were performed to explore the relationships among variables.

ISBN: 9781124329178Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017585
Psychology, Personality.

Exploring the motivation and personality traits of adventure travelers: A hierarchical model approach.
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