Effects of self-efficacy, body mass, and cardiorespiratory fitness on exercise motives in Chinese college students

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 706-718

  Shen, Bo ^a   Xu, Chiren ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gender; Health behavior; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849109125     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.5.5.706     Document Type: Article

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