The influences of personality and motivation on exercise participation and quality of life

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1189-1210

  Huang, Chu Hsin ^a,c   Lee, Li Yueh ^b   Chang, Man Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Sports Art Industrial Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exercise motivation; Exercise participation; Personality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849096467     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.9.1189     Document Type: Article

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