Mediators of Physical Activity Behavior Change: A Multivariate Approach

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-418

  Napolitano, Melissa A ^a   Papandonatos, George D ^b   Lewis, Beth A ^c   Whiteley, Jessica A ^d   Williams, David M ^b,e   King, Abby C ^f   Bock, Beth C ^b,e   Pinto, Bernardine ^b,e   Marcus, Bess H ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention studies; mediators; multivariate analysis; physical activity; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 48049101431     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.4.409     Document Type: Article

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