Relationships between exercise and three components of mental well-being in corporate employees

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 609-627

  Thøgersen Ntoumani, Cecilie ^a   Fox, Kenneth R ^b   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchical; Mental health; Physical activity; Physical self; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944467383     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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