Associations between physical activity and perceived stress/hassles in college students

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Nguyen Michel, Selena T ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Hamilton, Jeff ^a   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Hassles; Multi level regression; Perceived stress; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748477292     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1094     Document Type: Article

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