Validation of the decisional balance scales in the exercise domain from the transtheoretical model: A longitudinal test

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 191-206

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Blanchard, Chris ^a   Hotz, Stephen B ^b   Rhodes, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cons; Decisional balance; Exercise behavior; Measurement construct validity; Pros; Structural equation modeling; Transtheoretical Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035160716     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327841MPEE0504_01     Document Type: Article

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