The use of the processes of change across the exercise stages of change and across varying intensities and frequencies of exercise behavior

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 426-429

  Wadsworth, Danielle D ^a   Hallam, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 34248173536     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-21.5.426     Document Type: Article

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