Beliefs of blue-collar workers: Stage of readiness for exercise

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 408-420

  Blue, Carolyn L ^a,e   Black, David R ^b   Conrad, Karen ^c   Gretebeck, Kimberlee A ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Self efficacy; Stage of change; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; WORKER;

EID: 0141464864     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.4.13     Document Type: Article

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