Social Support and Social Norms: Do Both Contribute to Predicting Leisure-time Exercise?

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-507

  Okun, Morris A ^a   Ruehlman, Linda ^b   Karoly, Paul ^a   Lutz, Rafer ^c   Fairholme, Chris ^a   Schaub, Rachel ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Behavioral Research ^*  (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And social support; Exercise; Norms; Planned behavior; Social negativity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0742270230     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.5.2     Document Type: Article

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