Self-efficacy, stages of change and physical activity in Irish college students

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Patterson, Emma ^a   McGeough, Dara ^b   Cannon, Emer ^c   Hagströmer, Maria ^a   Bergman, Patrick ^a   Kearney, John ^d   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender; Health behaviour; IPAQ; Ireland; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33645768199     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-006-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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