A model testing factors that influence physical activity for taiwanese adults with anxiety

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 476-489

  Ma, Wei Fen ^a   Lane, Hsien Yuan ^a   Laffrey, Shirley C ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Mental health; Model testing; Physical activity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 52449126721     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20279     Document Type: Article

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