Perceived benefits and barriers to physical activity among children, adolescents and adults

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-36

  Deflandre, Anne ^a,d   Antonini, Philippe Roberta ^b   Lorant, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Barriers; Benefits; Children; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142773889     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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