Application of the transtheoretical model of behavior change for obesity in Mexican American women

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 655-668

  Surís, Alina M ^a   Trapp, Maria Del Carmen ^b   DiClemente, Carlo C ^b   Cousins, Jennifer ^b  

^a Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0344505713     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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