Beyond behavioural intentions: Planning mediates between intentions and physical activity

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-494

  Scholz, Urte ^a   Schüz, Benjamin ^b   Ziegelmann, Jochen R ^c   Lippke, Sonia ^c   Schwarzer, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 49049121249     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X216062     Document Type: Article

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