Predicting exercise stage transitions over two consecutive 6-month periods: A test of the theory of planned behaviour in a population-based sample

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-150

  Courneya, Kerry S ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Hotz, Stephen B ^b   Birkett, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035005687     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910701169115     Document Type: Article

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