Felt and potential ambivalence across the stages of change

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Armitage, Christopher J ^a   Arden, Madelynne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ambivalence; Diet; Stages of change; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33845288012     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307071749     Document Type: Article

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