Using the affective priming paradigm to explore the attitudes underlying walking behaviour

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-585

  Eves, Frank F ^a   Scott, Emma J ^a   Hoppé, Roberta ^b   French, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 35648964726     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X153775     Document Type: Article

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