Health locus of control and leisure-time exercise

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-774

  Norman, Paul ^a   Bennett, Paul ^b   Smith, Christopher ^c   Murphy, Simon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Gwent Psychology Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Promotion Wales   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise behaviour; Health locus of control; Health value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031281113     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00106-2     Document Type: Article

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