Stages of change in physical exercise: A test of stage discrimination and nonlinearity

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-301

  Lippke, Sonia ^a,b   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discontinuity pattern; Self efficacy; Severity; Stage models; Theories of health behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646585156     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.30.3.7     Document Type: Article

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