Differential effects of past experience, commitment, and lifestyle dimensions on river use specialization
Differential effects of past experience, commitment, and lifestyle dimensions on river use specialization
Kuentzel, W.F.; McDonald, C.D.
Journal of Leisure Research 24(3): 269-287
1992
Recreation specialization proposes that participation in an activity progresses along a continuum from general to specific modes of perception and behaviour. Research typically measures an individual's position on that continuum by an additive index comprised of items that reflect multiple dimensions of specialization including past experience, commitment to the activity, centrality to lifestyle, and skill.