Longitudinal shifts in employees' stages and processes of exercise behavior change

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Marcus, Bess H ^a,d   Simkin, Laurey R ^b   Rossi, Joseph S ^c   Pinto, Bernardine M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change; Employees; Exercise; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONDITIONING; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0030056977     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-10.3.195     Document Type: Article

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