Theories of exercise behavior

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 290-304

  Biddle, Stuart J H ^a   Nigg, Claudio R ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Beliefs; Decision making; Motivation; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001195064     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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