External conditions and disposition-behaviour congruity as determinants of perceived personal causation among exercise adherers and non-adherers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 433-444

  Bar Eli, Michael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attribution; Dispositions; Exercise adherence; External conditions; Personal causation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPONSIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS;

EID: 0029910660     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640419608727729     Document Type: Article

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