Mediators of behavior change in two tailored physical activity interventions for adolescent girls

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-619

  Taymoori, Parvaneh ^a   Lubans, David Revalds ^b  

^a Kurdistan Medical University   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavior change; Exercise; Intervention; Mediators; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149102484     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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