Perceived goal ownership, regulatory goal cognition, and health behavior change

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-109

  Okun, Morris A ^a   Karoly, Paul ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Health behaviors; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846784967     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.1.10     Document Type: Article

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