Implementation Intentions, Occupational Stress, and the Exercise Intention-Behavior Relationship

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-401

  Budden, Jill S ^a   Sagarin, Brad J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; implementation intention; job stress; occupational stress; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNIVERSITIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35649009333     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.12.4.391     Document Type: Article

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