Self-efficacy and outcome expectancy in beginning weight training class: Their relations to students' behavioral intention and actual behavior

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-100

  Gao, Zan ^a   Xiang, Ping ^b   Lee, Amelia M ^c   Harrison, Louis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Midprogram; Motivation; Physical activity; Program outset

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT LIFTING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41749107136     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2008.10599464     Document Type: Article

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