Scale construction for measuring adolescent boys' and girls' attitudes, beliefs, perception of control, and intention to engage in leisure-time physical activity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-117

  Kerner, Matthew S ^a   Kalinski, Michael I ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0036690513     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.95.1.109     Document Type: Article

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