Mediating relationship between body mass index and the direct measures of the Theory of Planned Behaviour on physical activity intention

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-179

  Caperchione, Cristina M ^a   Duncan, Mitch J ^a   Mummery, Kerry ^a   Steele, Rebekah ^b   Schofield, Grant ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Medical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intervention strategies; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 41349090403     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701426737     Document Type: Article

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