Three-Step Validation of Exercise Behavior Processes of Change in an Adolescent Sample

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Rhodes, Ryan E ^a   Berry, Tanya ^b   Naylor, Patti Jean ^a   Higgins, S Joan Wharf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Psychometric theory; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1942519436     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327841mpee0801_1     Document Type: Article

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