Relations among age, exercise, and psychological variables in a community sample of women

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 110-113

  Wilcox, Sara ^a   Storandt, Martha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward exercise; Exercise; Exercise self efficacy; Older adults; Self motivation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030101357     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.2.110     Document Type: Article

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