Relationships between leisure time physical activity and perceived stress

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 315-321

  Aldana, Steven G ^a   Sutton, Leanne D ^b   Jacobson, Bert H ^b   Quirk, Michael G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cigna   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030075586     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.1.315     Document Type: Article

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