Temporal stability of behavioural intention as a moderator of intention-health behaviour relationships

Psychology and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 875-897

  Conner, Mark ^a,c   Godin, Gaston ^b  

^a Institute of Psychological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Intention stability; Intentions; Past behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148874144     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320601070449     Document Type: Article

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