The importance of subjective norms for people who care what others think of them

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-62

  Latimer, Amy E ^a   Ginis, Kathleen A Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fear of negative evaluation; Moderator; Subjective norms; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944252157     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440412331300002     Document Type: Article

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