The relationship between commitment and exercise behavior

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 405-421

  Wilson, Philip M ^a   Rodgers, Wendy M ^a   Carpenter, Paul J ^c   Hall, Craig ^b   Hardy, James ^b   Fraser, Shawn N ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Exercise adherence; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944273856     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-0292(03)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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