Senior casino gaming motivation: measurement scale development

• Woomi Phillips ^[1] ; SooCheong Jang ^[2] ; Deborah Canter ^[3]
  1. [1] Dakota State University

     Dakota State University

     City of Madison, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Purdue University

     Purdue University

     Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] Kansas State University

     Kansas State University

     City of Manhattan, Estados Unidos

     

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• Localización: Tourism analysis, ISSN 1083-5423, Vol. 15, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 197-211
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Casino gaming is an emerging leisure activity for the senior population. Finding out what motivates older adults to spend time in casino gaming is fundamental to determining their future casino patronage intention. This study has explored a comprehensive inventory of senior casino gaming motivations and then generated a scale development procedure to find five distinctive senior casino gaming motivation dimensions: winning and thrill, socialization, escape, enjoyment, and curiosity. Ultimately, confirmatory factor estimates supported model unidimensionality, reliability, and validity while the measurement scale was parsimonious and captured various dimensions of senior casino gaming motivation.