Predictors of exercise behavior among university student women: Utility of a goal-systems/self-regulation theory framework

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 921-931

  Macdonald, Alexandra ^a   Palfai, Tibor ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Exercise; Goal systems; Motivation; Self regulation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349179756     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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