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Measuring Residents' Emotional Solidarity with Tourists: Scale Development of Durkheim's Theoretical Constructs

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: woosnam{at}tamu.edu.

	Abstract

While it can prove easy to conceptualize of the relationship between residents and tourists as "us versus them," it devalues the potential for intimate relationships to exist, whereby residents and tourists have many things in common. The theory of emotional solidarity can aid in explaining such an intimate relationship. Developing the framework from previous qualitative work, the purpose of this study is to formulate and validate scales corresponding to the constructs in Durkheim’s theoretical framework of emotional solidarity. Following two initial stages of pilot testing, each scale is included in an onsite selfadministered survey instrument, with 455 heads of household completing the instrument in a coastal South Carolina county. Psychometric properties are assessed and each scale is found to be high in internal consistency and construct validity (i.e., convergent and discriminant validity). Implications as well as potential research opportunities concerning emotional solidarity are discussed.

First published on October 6, 2009
Journal of Travel Research 2009, doi:10.1177/0047287509346858


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