Motives for participation in physical activity by Brazilian adults

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 358-367

  De Andrade Bastos, Afranio ^a   Salguero, Alfonso ^b   González Boto, René ^b   Marquez, Sara ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c Campus Universitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33746599490     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.102.2.358-367     Document Type: Article

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