Falls self-efficacy as a mediator of fear of falling in an exercise intervention for older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Li, Fuzhong ^a   Fisher, K John ^a   Harmer, Peter ^b   McAuley, Edward ^c  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDIATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; STRETCHING; TAI CHI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12344268819     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.1.P34     Document Type: Article

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