Group cohesion and social support in exercise classes: Results from a Danish intervention study

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 677-689

  Christensen, Ulla ^a   Schmidt, Lone ^a   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Group cohesion; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33748173373     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198105277397     Document Type: Article

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