A perceived benefits and barriers scale for strenuous physical activity in college students

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-140

  Brown, Seth A ^a   Huber, Daniel ^b   Bergman, Amber ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier Scale; Benefit; Health locus: fitness physical activity; Manuscript formal: research; Outcome measure: behavioral; Physical Activity; Prevention Research; Research purpose: instrument development; Setting: school; Study design: nonexperimental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BENEFITS AND BARRIERS SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33751063873     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.2.137     Document Type: Article

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